KnightRyder
Well-Known Member
i showed up this weekend expecting some primer action to be happening but found out that the car was pretty much in the same condition as last week. aside from this one section... which i now really like.
he put in extra time and hammered out the very corner of the rear quarter so now there is no clear "that fender is pulled because you can see how it flares back to its original position at the end" look anymore. its all straight now.
then of course the bumper no longer lined up because of the new position of the fender so we basically melted the top of the bumper near the corner and got it really gooey and then bent the bumper out and let the plastic reharden and as simple as that, it matched again. he seems as enthusiastic about doing my car as i am so now he gets a clear image of what i want and he's excited to do it which is good for me.
you can see here that if i line the bumper up to the corner where it should be, the rest of the bumper doesnt line up anymore
this is after a little bit of melting and bending... getting close.
and pretty much the end result.
he said that he is going to build up a fake body line like the OEM on the now pulled fender so that it blends with the rear bumper and the front part of the fender again. it wont be as bold as before but still noticable.
sorry about the last pic, cant get it to rotate. in that pic im not putting any pressure on the bumper to get it to line up, im just holding it up.
and its pretty much the same story on the other side.
until next saturday....
he put in extra time and hammered out the very corner of the rear quarter so now there is no clear "that fender is pulled because you can see how it flares back to its original position at the end" look anymore. its all straight now.
then of course the bumper no longer lined up because of the new position of the fender so we basically melted the top of the bumper near the corner and got it really gooey and then bent the bumper out and let the plastic reharden and as simple as that, it matched again. he seems as enthusiastic about doing my car as i am so now he gets a clear image of what i want and he's excited to do it which is good for me.
you can see here that if i line the bumper up to the corner where it should be, the rest of the bumper doesnt line up anymore
this is after a little bit of melting and bending... getting close.
and pretty much the end result.
he said that he is going to build up a fake body line like the OEM on the now pulled fender so that it blends with the rear bumper and the front part of the fender again. it wont be as bold as before but still noticable.
sorry about the last pic, cant get it to rotate. in that pic im not putting any pressure on the bumper to get it to line up, im just holding it up.
and its pretty much the same story on the other side.
until next saturday....