How to shave a RX?
whats under the trim, just holes right? under 1 inch in length? fiberglass should be ok.. Do fiberglass to the inside of the hole. Then on the outside fill it with fiberglass reinforced body filler..
I did this method on shaving antenna holes on other cars before they were painted and they held up..
I did this method on shaving antenna holes on other cars before they were painted and they held up..
Originally Posted by AreExSevenProject
Where do you get this glazing putty...
LoL, I asked my body guy what he thinks of the concerns Electric raised. He just laughed at me. Then he told me he has been doing this for 25 years and has NEVER had any of his molding work crack due to thermal expansion and that if I ever had such an issue he would fix it for free. He said that you may be thinking of the shitass fiberglass from the 70's like the garbage that they used on the corvettes. Modern Fiberglass materials are much better than what they used back then.
Its a fact that fibreglass and metal expand at different rates. Along with Aluminum and steel also.. As far as cracking within an amount of time, I have no idea.
I was responding to the guy talking about using fibreglass to bond the fibreglass to the metal..how would that even work anyway?
I was responding to the guy talking about using fibreglass to bond the fibreglass to the metal..how would that even work anyway?
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You should check out fiberglassforums.com. Lots of body mod info. Check out this link. http://www.fiberglassforums.com/showthread.php?t=5622
You should check out fiberglassforums.com. Lots of body mod info. Check out this link. http://www.fiberglassforums.com/showthread.php?t=5622
Threads like this make me cry.
Firstly, don't ask second gen RX-7 owners about body work. This is a terrible idea. There's next to no one who knows the first thing about it in groups of car guys who have money to spend on body work, let alone 2nd gen owners. (hypocritical perhaps since I own an FC....no offense either Juiceh
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Second, you can do it a number of ways but as mentioned welding strips and filling the imperfections is the ideal way. This, however, is a huge process as if you've ever tried welding a flat piece of body metal significantly, you've probably discovered that if you heat it up too much - you're going to **** the panel up REAL good.
I'd suggest going to a paint forum and asking these types of questions, you'll get much less dilluted answers. Its possible to do yourself, you just have to be prepared to spend weeks or months getting it right and be prepared to drop some bread on good materials and special tools.
Firstly, don't ask second gen RX-7 owners about body work. This is a terrible idea. There's next to no one who knows the first thing about it in groups of car guys who have money to spend on body work, let alone 2nd gen owners. (hypocritical perhaps since I own an FC....no offense either Juiceh
)Second, you can do it a number of ways but as mentioned welding strips and filling the imperfections is the ideal way. This, however, is a huge process as if you've ever tried welding a flat piece of body metal significantly, you've probably discovered that if you heat it up too much - you're going to **** the panel up REAL good.
I'd suggest going to a paint forum and asking these types of questions, you'll get much less dilluted answers. Its possible to do yourself, you just have to be prepared to spend weeks or months getting it right and be prepared to drop some bread on good materials and special tools.
Yeah I got a laugh outta this post, true I am an FC owner as well, but I dont do my own dental work, I go to a dentist. Leave the pro work to the pro's, cant afford it, dont do it.
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