kmanning87

hi i have an 87 s4 and i was curious on how hard it would to fabricate the doors to get rid of wut i think is an ugly *** trim piece. i would like to have just a smooth door with no trim piece or indent were the trim piece is spossed to go. how would you go about doing this? i would think it could be a weekend project. thanks for you info and ideas let me know wut u think. i searched and couldnt find anything i have see it done before though

Alex Rodriguez

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well this will be tricky because the doors,quarter panel and fender have a trim that can be removed but the fenders are molded to the bumpers so the lines will be weird unless you mold the bumpers smooth too

now to get the smooth look there will be lots of welding and bodywork (dont do the cheapass way and fill the lines with bondo because it will crack)

1-simply you will need a strip of metal that will fit perfect on the location of the trims used to be
2-a couple of tack welds to hold them in place
3- GORILLA HAIR to stuff in the cracks , used as a filler
4-light coat of bondo to get the smoothness

5-primer,sandin,paint and now sir you are done!

The cheapass way to do it I DONT RECOMMEND IT
1-remove trim
2- fill in channel with bondo
again i dont recommend this ,this is the cheapass way to do it and it will result in cracking and falling off

kmanning87

aight thank you i wasnt planning on using bondo that would be wack

lax-rotor

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could you get a similiar effect by tapping out the indent? You keep the original metal, but you've deformed it like it was a dent. Might save on the welding costs.

Alex Rodriguez

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^^^hell no you will be doing it even worse..the only right way is the way i described if you try to bang oyt the metal you will deform it

the objective is to try and keep it smooth at all times,

lax-rotor

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^^^ Ha ha, that's why I asked

Drivarotor

I will add that you will either lose the sidemarkers, or you have to do more fab work to get them mounted (or use something aftermarket).