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metal repair of hood, question for those who know about bodywork |
914 RZ-1 |
May 17 2017, 10:15 AM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
I was using a DA sander on my hood. Lots of layers! Wondering if anyone can tell me if the hood was repaired correctly. It looks pretty good, but I'm wondering what the green area in the photo is? Bondo? Primer? Another color hood? There is also what appears to be filled cracks at lower right. I'm wondering if these are dents/creases that were repaired and bondo'd over.
I'd like to paint the car and want to make sure the paint will look good; the paint over the area over the cracks was a little cracked, which is why I sanded it down. BTW, the car was originally silver and is currently white. |
gandalf_025 |
May 17 2017, 11:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,456 Joined: 25-June 09 From: North Shore, Massachusetts Member No.: 10,509 Region Association: North East States |
Don't waste your time with a questionable hood.
It unbolts and is easy to replace. Not worth messing with a damaged one when you can buy a nice example for around 200.00 and not have it come back to haunt you in the future... Just my 2 cents.... |
McMark |
May 18 2017, 10:55 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Don't waste your time with a questionable hood. It unbolts and is easy to replace. Not worth messing with a damaged one when you can buy a nice example for around 200.00 and not have it come back to haunt you in the future... Just my 2 cents.... You can get a nice example to $200 if you're lucky. But I'm always afraid that my replacement 'good' hood will be worse than my 'bad' hood. Sometimes replacement is the answer, but far from universally, IMHO. |
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