I'm pretty sure that welding up the holes then smoothing it out and painting is the correct way to do this, right? Has anyone ever heard of problems with the metal warping when trying to weld the holes on Honda sheetmetal? Something about it being too thin? I had never heard of this happening before a friend mentioned it. Anyone?

 

No teg here..but on my eg, I shaved the mouldings and handles..looks wonderful!

 

i heard the same thing....the honda doors are too thin...if you weld it..it will melt the surrounding area and warp it...my doors we filled with fiberglass and some high grade putty (its the best form of bondo IMO) no waves at all in the door. were you looking to get some body work done patrick?

 

Ok, well i have actually heard of metal warping with even welded portions to replace shaved parts, but that was only on rather large pieces, like when you say get rid of a license plate indent on the back of a trunk or sumpin for example. THen the poor quality of both the sheet metal and welder contribute to the warping, but i haven't heard about it happening with the side molding removal on our tegs. But maybe it could happen dunno.

But i have definitely heard of bondo and other body filler not withstanding the test of time. Even jobs that looked clean at first i've heard of gettin cracked later, so choose a good shop to do the work, or one that will be willing to guarantee their work so if something goes wrong, they will fix it for ya.

 

Would it be a good idea if you were to just remove the side moldings, then weld them and spot paint that particular area again? Would it look ok if your paint's in fairly new condition to begin with? Mine's a 2000 and I've thought about this.

 

When my uncle had his Integra we removed the side moldings. To flush the holes that remain on the door you cut out small pieces of sheetmetal and tack weld them from inside the door so that it covers the hole. You do this for each hole and you do this in order to support the fiberglass or bondo that you will lay over the holes on the outside of the door. After that you sand the fiberglass or bondo done until smooth. Done.

Now when I flushed the sides on my EG i just filled that **** up with fiberglass and bondo; no sheetmetal!!

 

i got my moldings shaved and welded, and theres no warping on my car.

 

I heard one guy say you could do it with fiberglass i use fiberglass to fill and shave everything i do. But you can shave the handles but you cant get it that hot that means dont go cheap and do it right.

 

no I wasn't, this was something that a friend told me that I had not heard of before. He likes the way the 92-95 CX Civics didn't have a molding, just the little dished area in the door where the molding goes. He was thinking of replicating that on his 98 CX (which comes with black moldings), which would require filling holes.

 

it was the same thing on my trunk, when i shaved my wing. the guy never did it before. he used high heat and it kinda warped my trunk. can't really tell until yuo push on it and it gives a little. just make sure it is really low temp. the guy who did it said it will tak alot longer, just be patient. they have just been lithgty tack welding a pice of metal on the inside, and wiping the small layer of bondo on top...i know it's bondo, but its the best way for "amatures" to do it without warping the doors. hope this helps.