Civic EG

I have a 95 hatch that I bought (@ 3 AM) long drive. I didnt realize the moldings were shaved. any input or pics? i mean the whole thing is shaved flush to the door.

I personally dont like it. It takes away from the hatch. I would sand it down see if it were just bondo'd or actuall welded. Then I would proceed to remove whatever they used to fill in the molding.

Pics?

any pics?

If they did it right (welded not bondo) I wouldn't mess up an ok paint job to put it back to stock.

let me get my camera straightened out. its not under paint and I highly doubt the guy I got from did it the right way. its most likely bondo. thats just a bitch to sand out

THIS ISNT MINE JUST GIVES PPL AN IDEA.

yeah if it was filled with filler just get that shit out of there....

i shaved mine...... with bondo. i like the shaved look and my boys all went to school for body work so it came out nice. its something different. if u like it keep it.

Bondo'ing it is ghetto as all hell, regardless of time/effort/how good you are. It will not last. Body filler is only meant to GLAZE MINOR IMPERFECTIONS.

If it is like you think, Bondo. That will be an easy fix, It will chip out and just use some rough sand paper to get the rest.

Chance wrote:Bondo'ing it is ghetto as all hell, regardless of time/effort/how good you are. It will not last. Body filler is only meant to GLAZE MINOR IMPERFECTIONS.

If it is like you think, Bondo. That will be an easy fix, It will chip out and just use some rough sand paper to get the rest.

"Chance" is exactly right. It shouldnt be that hard to remove. Time consuming, maybe... And "Chance" was definately right about "ikon"s comment. Anyone who knows about body work should know that bondo is not made to fill in body lines like that. Over time and opening and closing the door the bondo will start cracking and youll see it through the paint until it eventually starts to fall out. That is terrible body work!:thumbdown:

yeah im going to take a look at it.. the car is not home due to a trans issue but im taking one i just bought out there and i will try and get some pics loaded up. its primed (half ass) so i will just scrape it with something and see what im dealing with. Bought car in Feb. drove it for maybe a week lol im just getting around to trying to fix her up so dont laugh to hard...unless its the mini coop exhaust that will be removed

ikon wrote:i shaved mine...... with bondo. i like the shaved look and my boys all went to school for body work so it came out nice. its something different. if u like it keep it.

i went to school for body work and do body work aswell and im sorry but your ''boys'' should be slapped... body filler is only suposed to be no more than the thickness of a dime.... if more it will chip crack and fall off that is just what shitty body men and retards that dont know what they are doing do... i always go off on these rants because i cant figure out why people ghetto rig their shit... take your time do your metal work and ''fix'' it right dont go slapping body filler all over stuff if you dont know wtf you are doing... i hope some people learn from this

i hate it when people do that.

i assume that was directed to that one guy but I wouldnt have messed with it in the first place. I just hope im wrong and dont have to pull out a chisel on that shit.

Greasedmonkey wrote:i hate it when people do that.

i hate shaved moldings.

so I went out to my dads today to swap out my trans (details on that in trans thread) and completely forgot to take my camera but got the bad news. ITS BONDO. I may just paint and sell it I really dont want to mess with that shit. I dont have the time for that.

It really wont be that hard to remove and shouldnt be too time consuming. If the rest of the hatch is in good shape and you like the car, Just Do work son, especially if your going to be painting it anyway.


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