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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 10:25 PM
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I dunno what the prev owner did but its probably from the GFX hitten the road sometimes. It looks so unsightly I hate to see this on my own car. I was wondering what would be the best way to like, clean this up? I know its got a deep dent/break in it but I just wanna get rid of all the white on it. Any suggentions on what to do?

(The flash on the camera makes it look a lot worse)





This is on the passenger side front spoiler.
(plz cite to any stores/sites w/ the products/materials that you recommend)
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 11:03 PM
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Um...buy a new one?
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 11:13 PM
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Take it off, sand all the paint off. Take JB quick, mix it up, and put some in the crack, gob it on the back, light on the front. After that dries, hit it with a dremel, or other sander, its gonna be hard as ****, so get ready to have a lot of sanding on your hands. get it smooth as hell, then skim coat it with bondo, or any other brand filler. Then Primer it, wet sand that with some 1000grit. Then hit it with some duplicolor black, wet sand 1500 grit, duplicolor clear, wetsand 2000grit, polish by hand, cleaner wax, top wax..


She will look JUST as good as the surrounding area ( which btw is dirty as **** )


Only way to fix that...
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 12:10 AM
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or get it redone professionally...
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 01:16 AM
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I wouldn't use JB weld at all. There is bonding epoxies that are set out for body work. If you have any shops that professional body paint supplies, check there. Otherwise bring it to a body shop to have it done.
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 06:44 AM
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A lot of the bonding epoxies for body work suck ballz. Once you sand them you will see. They don't bond well, and you can tell the differance in the two peices, plus it gets fuzzy when you start sanding on it. I JB quick does a great job, and when you sand it its spot on, perfect, and you can actually see it take texture of the regular body panal. I'll fix that GFX for you, pm me for price.. Heres what my fender USED to look like,





This is it now.



Thats nearly 5k miles later btw.
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Yikes, that seems like a lot to do for it. I prob wont be getting around to it anytime soon though, got a feeling itll just break again from hitting the floor more.
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