Anyone with auto-body experience?

[CigarStone]

Izzy has been abused and I am about to take everything off and paint her again. There are numerous holes in the body which were drilled to mount various things like lights and a roof at one point.

How do I fill 3/16" and 1/4" holes and make sure the filler stays in?

 

[cabaiguan juan]

Well @kann has a robot leg. I don't kown how automatic that makes him but the body part is there.

 

[CigarStone]

Well @kann has a robot leg. I don't kown how automatic that makes him but the body part is there.

While that is true, Nick has yet to figure out how to patch the holes in his head.

 

[thinde]

Bondo

edit to add, you may need to use a piece of duct tape as a backer on the larger ones.

 

[Eqwhipped]

What is the material that the holes were drilled in?

This is what we used as body filler on a previous paint job. Expensive but amazing, very easy to use.

 

[CigarStone]

Bondo

edit to add, you may need to use a piece of duct tape as a backer on the larger ones.

Tom, when I sand it down flush, will the plug stay in the hole through countless vibrations?

 

[CigarStone]

What is the material that the holes were drilled in?

This is what we used as body filler on a previous paint job. Expensive but amazing, very easy to use.
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The body is aluminum.

 

[Eqwhipped]

The body is aluminum.

I believe this will work, Bondo I would imagine will hold well. With that small of a hole you cold just build up epoxy and sand it back as well. Just make sure it is a type that can be painted.

 

[thinde]

Tom, when I sand it down flush, will the plug stay in the hole through countless vibrations?

Not sure

 

[jfields]

Tom, when I sand it down flush, will the plug stay in the hole through countless vibrations?

Did anyone else’s mind go there when they read that?

No, just me? Ok!

 

[Nate1977]

You can weld , grind, bondo

or all metal , bondo

 

[kann]

Did anyone else’s mind go there when they read that?

No, just me? Ok!

(implied dick trophy photo)

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

The body is aluminum.

Have you considered TIG welding those holes?

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

You can weld , grind, bondo

 

[IngloriousBasterd]

Did anyone else’s mind go there when they read that?

No, just me? Ok!

I thought it was a play on words for out of body experience haha

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

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Cigarstone’s new hood ornament for Izzy:

 

[CigarStone]

Cigarstone’s new hood ornament for Izzy:

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