since i am having my entire car repainted (staying the same colour) i am interested in shaving my side moldings.. part from removing the moldings and welding the holes shut... is there anythign else to do? how hard is it to do? can a bodyshop screw it up and end up making the finish look wavy? post up pics of those who have shaved their side moldings on their integra's, and any recommendations that you have.

 

just take a look at any type r to see how they look there are so many floating around here and in the type r forum also

 

I have a ferio, and shaved my moldings in the driveway!
1st, we pulled off the moldings and the door panels and then stuck a piece of sheet metal behind the hole where the brackets were. My boyfriend welded the little square of metal to the back of the hole and then melted the metal together a little bit. After that, we added a dash on bondo and started sanding! They came out pretty hard, it's on the way to the paint shop so i should have pics soon. My advice is to be very precise when sanding and not to use too much bondo!

Hope that helped and wasnt just babble lol

 

Im not sure that that is such a good idea. Youre not supposed to use straight bondo because it will crack over time after you keep slamming the doors shut.

 

^ yes, cracking is a concern of mine, i thought that just welding the holes shut and then sanding and painting would do the trick... that's why i asked for people's experiences and pics

 

Yeah I dont have any first hand experience, but I see tons of people with shaved molding and it comes out wavy and uneven. I actually barely ever see a car shaved car that is done right.

 

take a thin plate of your favorite metal, and weld it over the area where the molding is.

then take a metal grinder to smooth out the metal imperfections, follow up with bondo, (used as true, body evener, not filler) and paint.

 

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then take a metal grinder to smooth out the metal imperfections, follow up with bondo, (used as true, body evener, not filler) and paint.</TD></TR></TABLE>

to much heat that will warp the panel if you do it on such molding as civics and older integras

 

the only time your gonna see the filler cracking, is if you use too much of it,
there is no way that you can weld up the holes and metal finish the area
you are going to have to use a certian ammount of bondo

the trick to gettting the panel straight, is in blocking it
after you prime it, take some flat black and lay down a guide coat
when you black it, that will help you with where the panel is uneven
do it a couple times and it will be straight