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Fender issues, Finding more and more bondo |
Air_Cooled_Nut |
Oct 27 2003, 03:33 PM
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914 Ronin - 914 owner who lost his 914club.com Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Beaverton, Oregon Member No.: 584 Region Association: None |
First off....(IMG:http://vwvortex.rely.net/zeroforum_graphics/mad.gif)
Grinding away the material around the front right side marker (obvious bondo there) and as I spread out I'm finding that the bondo continues -- in various thickness, btw -- beyond 6" from the marker. Yes, even sculpting the turn signal lip! The more I grind away the more unevenness I'm finding (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fighting19.gif) So I've stopped grinding, kind of smoothed out the grinding in case I have to re-bondo the area so I won't have to reform the sharper contours myself. The right fender was smacked, no doubt about it. Saw it in the headlight damage. So, would putting in a new fender be easier? I have some basic body shaping tools and experience from an automotive restoration class I took for a couple terms from the community college (good experience, I recommend it). My welding experience is above beginner with my MIG -- I don't have the smaller setup necessary for thin sheet metal welding for my oxy-ace. I've assisted some friends with welding a nose on an air-cooled VW (our first time and it was deadperfect! ). It's a little intimidating looking at all the contours and spot welds and seam sealer holding the fender on and I question whether I could do it myself (that's probably my biggest problem right there, self-doubt). What are your recommendations? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Personally, I like the idea of a new fender: No shaping (hammering, bondo) required, just attach. My experience with fiberglass is limited to just a couple small uses and I would rather have a metal fender instead of a glass one. Thanks |
John Kelly |
Oct 28 2003, 07:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 692 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Moclips WA. Member No.: 640 |
Hi Toby,
If you have some pictures of the damage, I can try to walk you through the repair. Do you have some nice high quality hammers and dollies? Show close up pictures of the tools you have. You need a hammer with a slight crown and soft edges. Somtimes its just a matter of getting the right contour in your dolly to match the up and down shape of the fender, and doing a lot of hammering to smooth everything out, then shrink a little, hammer and dolly some more etc. You need to make sure the paint is all gone inside and out before starting. This is time consuming work. I think where most people have trouble is not spending enough time hammering, and not having a good shrinking technique. Let me know if you want to jump in, and I'll try to help. John www.ghiaspecialties.com |
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