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Old 07-20-2007, 01:02 PM
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I bought the car from a kid down near the city- I could tell it was all bondo'd up but I didnt care. I planned on redoing the body anyways-




After the b20 swap, bodywork started


First I bought new front and rear bumpers, both new fenders, a driver and passenger quarter panel and a driverside door from a yard.

Next step was to weld in the quarters- for this I had to gut the interior and pop off the rear bumper.






After they were all in, came a coat of epoxy primer on the lower portion of the car. This is to prevent rust from coming back on the new metal.




Shaved back emblem


Next, all metal was used to blend the quarters. After the shape was looking good Auto body icing was used to make it perfect, as well as any other dents ect in the car.












Next the bottom was shot with high fill primer to fill any voids ect.






I then skim coated the roof to get rid of any hail dents ect.






then came primer




wetsanding





taping


I will be painting tonite and will give you pictures tomarow!

Old 07-20-2007, 02:34 PM
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once the rear quarters were welded in, did you spray the car with a epoxy primer?
Old 07-20-2007, 02:36 PM
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Can you give me some info on how to weld the panel in? Im doing this soon and could use some help.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dem0nk1d &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">once the rear quarters were welded in, did you spray the car with a epoxy primer?
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I sprayed epoxy over the cleaned metal- i was told this will help prevent rust from coming back
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nice job, i wish i had a welder and the kno-how to do my rear quarters.
Old 07-21-2007, 07:59 AM
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wow great work! I cant wait to see the finished product!
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Looks like very good work, can't wait to see it done.
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looks good
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deadmemoryy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks like very good work, can't wait to see it done.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks- this is my first time ever doing this, but my dad is helping me- we got color on it, but it needs cleared which we will be doing in a bit- then ill be sure to post some pictures for you guys!
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Where did you get the patch panels at? I'm looking for quarter panel patches for my 98 hatch, but can't seem to find any available.
Old 07-21-2007, 11:56 AM
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looks good. nice weld, what kind of budget are you running to get this done? $500.00?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1badteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks good. nice weld, what kind of budget are you running to get this done? $500.00? </TD></TR></TABLE>

i got about 550 including quarter panels, bumpers, fenders, filler, sandpaper base, reducer, top, ect ect- i got a ton of hookups however. Definitely dont want to do something like this ever again tho- im moving to south carolina in about 10 days, so hopefully ill never deal with a rusted car again haha


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pics soooooon
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Can't wait to see the pics.
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pics pics pics!!!!!
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pix pix pix
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good progress dude
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more pics man, looks like you got alot more done to it since the last time i saw it
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Shes all done now just need to cut it down and put it back together- heres some teasers







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looks good man, get a wetsand buff done and back together and get some good pics up
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tomarow im going to work on it all day- i painted all the trim peices, wipers, wiper cowl ect in that bumper black stuff it turned out pretty good- so tomarow hopefuly ill get it together and finish painting my ls mesh wheels. hows your teg?
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jdm front is on and welded etc, just waitin on my rocket springs to get back and gotta come up with some cash to get base and clear for my car, how much base/clear did you end up using?
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hey

how thin did you thin the paint?


thanks!
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I had a gallon of clear from my dads truck, so i just had to buy hardener for that. As for the basecoat, i purchased PPG shopline it was 42 a quart and I ended up laying it on pretty good and used 3 quarts for good coverage. all in all I had about 500 into it with body panels ect ect.

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vestal how thin was your paint


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