My Worklog

[dynasty]

OKAY! Time for some update. as you can see from the pictures before. i used way too much bondo. not only that, the first coat of bondo was not dry at all! and so it was easily peeled off. so today! i decided to redo the bondo and this time, 3rd time, would be a charm.

i'm still decided whether to sand my whole bumper to make it to smooth but keep the paint. (basically take out the clear coat and respray a new clearcoat). OR strip out the old paint and do a new painting process all over again?

here is what it looked like when i peeled the bondo before. you could see, only the bondo was only holding on the outer circle. which it didn't feel into the crack.

another angle of the bondo before. you could slightly see the crack and a lump on it.

here, i sand it down so the bondo would actually stick to the bumper.

now you could see the lump from the crack.

and another view from a short distance.

here is the first coat of bondo when it's sanded down. everything was smooth besides the left side which has some small wrinkles. and so i added more bondo to make it flat.

second coat of bondo. you could actually see how it's really flat now.

a distance view. it's been sanded to make it smooth which it's now done!

and here's the final picture of a close up. now it's time for paint!

 

[ryan s]

MUCH better bondo job. thats awesome that youre doing your own body work. i would like to, but not enough time or money i say keep the white lights. i was going to paint mine the color of my car, but couldnt find a match in high temp.

 

[steadypimpin]

I like it, my car has a blemish in the bumper that I want to bondo and repaint. Is it easy? I hope so cuz if not I guess I'll just buy a new front bumper and have it painted.

 

[Sketch o5]

yea looks good man. by the way, to let you know, taffeta white doesnt have clearcoat over it or in it or something like that. i just remember reading that somewhere a while ago.

 

[dynasty]

MUCH better bondo job. thats awesome that youre doing your own body work. i would like to, but not enough time or money i say keep the white lights. i was going to paint mine the color of my car, but couldnt find a match in high temp.

it doesn't cost that much at all. only about 20 bucks for the bondo w/ glass (bondo mixed with fiberglass). personally, it shouldn't take that long. because after you mix it, it'll be dry within minutes. less than 2 minutes. after that, you will sand it. at first, i thought you had to buy all this stuff like chopmats and other stuff which i've been researching around mp3car.com alot. but it's actually simple! a little practice will help though.

I like it, my car has a blemish in the bumper that I want to bondo and repaint. Is it easy? I hope so cuz if not I guess I'll just buy a new front bumper and have it painted.

it wasn't hard at all. it took awhile to understand what you should do. basically, sand the area you want to bondo. if you don't, you will bondo WITH the paint which you could easily peel off the bondo including the paint. and then i would mix and apply the bondo WITH a rubber gloves and try to force as much bondo as i could so there's no air inside of the bondo. *remember! mix the bondo and the hardner as much as you can or else you will have small holes on some areas*. within 2 minutes, it's going to be dry and you could sand it immediately. that's basically it. i'm kinda scared of painting though. LOL. i'll post some pics when i'm done.

yea looks good man. by the way, to let you know, taffeta white doesnt have clearcoat over it or in it or something like that. i just remember reading that somewhere a while ago.

so you think i should just strip out the original paint and repaint everything? if so, this is how i'm going to do the painting process. primer (which let the paint stick), paint paint (layers of color paint), and then clear coat. what you think?

 

[steadypimpin]

Are you using rattle can for it???

 

[dynasty]

rattle can? never heard of it. but if it's about paint, i haven't start painting it yet. thinking of stripping the paint off first.

 

[Sketch o5]

rattle can is an expression used for a can of spray paint. id honestly get it done professionally, since all you need them to really do is paint it, itd be easy for them. you can even take the bumper off and bring it to them. itd be alot cheeper for you then.

 

[dynasty]

rattle can is an expression used for a can of spray paint. id honestly get it done professionally, since all you need them to really do is paint it, itd be easy for them. you can even take the bumper off and bring it to them. itd be alot cheeper for you then.

well. personally, i'm sure i would have it professionally done it's just, i want to learn what i could do. it doesn't matter as much for me if i waste money on spray can. it's just what i want to learn from experience. but tomorrow, i'm just going to sand it smooth so there won't be any scratches nor dirt on it. after that, i'll just do some basic painting and i'll let you know how it goes. and even if i do mess up, i can do it again! LOL! but if i fail again, i'll get it professionally painted.

i got convinced today that i should swap my aftermarket intake to my stock ones. i noticed today that my intake tube was extremely hot. which i would lose lost of hp. but from what i heard is that, hot air saves gas. but hot air doesn't give much hp to the engine. and so, i finally put my oem stock intake back on just because it's plastic. if the intake fits, then i would put it along with the plastic OEM tubing but it doesn't fit. so yea. i should expect my original hp back to normal rather than losing it. also going to modify my muffler.

 

[Sketch o5]

yea, give it a shot at painting it yourself. id say if your gonna get a can of paint to go to a paint store, bring your piant code with you or something, and ask them if they can make you a spray paint can with your cars factory color in it. i know some places can do it, like a sherwin williams paint store or something along the lines of that. just go to one and ask if theyd be able to make you a spray paint of your oem color, and if they can, ask them what theyd need to do so.