Check out this bondo repair!

[Fixer]

So I bought a car from someone I trusted at night and didn't bring a paint meter. He didnt know it was repaired so badly.

The rear quarter was repaired by a bondo artisan. The PO waited 5 years for this repair. I promptly emailed pics of what he waited 5 years for. His wife actually made him sell because the resto was taking so long.

I couldn't believe this as my flap disc kept digging deeper. I was just stripping off paint. It was a solid 1/2" of filler over the entire area.

The story: The car was parked waiting for inspection at the local station and someone backed into it. No prior accident damage, no frame damage whatsoever. The engine support longitudinal is perfect.

[Amstaff]

It will buff out!

[Catorce]

Wow

[Reiver]

Would have been cheaper to buy a panel than take the time to beat that to death....

[Fixer]

Originally Posted by Reiver

Would have been cheaper to buy a panel than take the time to beat that to death....

And he took 5 years I'm told.

I reshaped it. I feel like the metal wants to return to it's as formed shape.




I didn't drill any of the dent puller holes the Bondo artisan did.

Next part of this is really dialing it in and making sure the taillight box is level.

[ian c2]

P D R .

Pisstake dent removal /

[dg567]

Took 5 years for the bondo to dry, thats why.

[F1addict]

Odd... seems like it was a candidate for paintless dent removal.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by Fixer

I didn't drill any of the dent puller holes the Bondo artisan did.

Phew, that's a relief. I thought someone had a go at it with a shotgun.

a great way to lose some weight of it's ass end, losing all that bondo.

[scottrx7tt]

Man, I can’t believe how much you have straightened it. Imagine you will still have to use a pretty good skim coat of filler?

[Locker537]

The PO was going for the hammered look...

Good work on bringing it back to life!

[Fixer]

Originally Posted by scottrx7tt

Man, I can’t believe how much you have straightened it. Imagine you will still have to use a pretty good skim coat of filler?

It's smoother than it looks, light plays tricks on our eyes after you use a flap disc. It'll get a very thin coat bc it measures out right.

[tdskip]

Yikes but good job on fixing it properly

[Reiver]

Nice job...what a job...

[Koizumi]

Man that’s nuts. I bought a new car years ago and the paint started blistering in the rear. Turned out the car had been rear ended and a bondo madman sculpted the hell out of the rear. Suffice it to say, the dealer refused to admit to the bull**** and refused to compensate me. The damn car was a NEW dealer car when I bought it! It had like 30 miles on the odometer!! The rear bumper absorber zones had crumpled under the lining. I never thought to look at the sheet metal on a new dealer car - until that trunk started blistering like mad thanks to the massive slathering of Bondo underneath. Shady car dealers smh.

Anyhow, back to the regularly scheduled program...

[AG81]

I've seen worse.

[sugarwood]

What made your grind off the repaired paint?
Did it not look right?

[Fixer]

Originally Posted by Koizumi

Man that’s nuts. I bought a new car years ago and the paint started blistering in the rear. Turned out the car had been rear ended and a bondo madman sculpted the hell out of the rear. Suffice it to say, the dealer refused to admit to the bull**** and refused to compensate me. The damn car was a NEW dealer car when I bought it! It had like 30 miles on the odometer!! The rear bumper absorber zones had crumpled under the lining. I never thought to look at the sheet metal on a new dealer car - until that trunk started blistering like mad thanks to the massive slathering of Bondo underneath. Shady car dealers smh.

Anyhow, back to the regularly scheduled program...

Holy crap, that's incredible. I bought a slightly used LR3 years ago when our kids were little for safety reasons from Landrover Jaguar of the Main Line. Took it to a friends house and we were up on his deck and we looked down at it and noticed a huge dent on the roof.
I took it back that day. They said they had no idea but it was spotless clean, they must've known.

[Fixer]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

What made your grind off the repaired paint?
Did it not look right?

I was removing paint for repainting.

[Fixer]

Originally Posted by tdskip

Yikes but good job on fixing it properly

Thanks