Weight Reduction after math
11-11-2006, 08:53 AM
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Weight Reduction after math Not sure this is the right spot but im sure there have been plenty who have seen this..
I am cleaning up the trunk and the t top area for the fuel cell.. i went ahead and took the brackets for the antenna, t top holders and cd player out.. I was left with alot of small holes, my question is what should i fill them with? After i finish doing all this, i am going to paint the trunk, not a big deal most will never see it, but i will..
the bootom line is what are you filling interior holes with or am i being a bitch and count it as stage 2 weight reduction and extra ventalation
I am cleaning up the trunk and the t top area for the fuel cell.. i went ahead and took the brackets for the antenna, t top holders and cd player out.. I was left with alot of small holes, my question is what should i fill them with? After i finish doing all this, i am going to paint the trunk, not a big deal most will never see it, but i will..
the bootom line is what are you filling interior holes with or am i being a bitch and count it as stage 2 weight reduction and extra ventalation
11-11-2006, 01:12 PM
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funny you should ask.. i thought about using bondo and having it painted, the guy i go to for body work freaked out and told me hell no.. he wants to fill it with metal, smooth it and repaint the panel..
11-11-2006, 01:30 PM
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I used a two part epoxy my dad had brought from work to fill in all the little holes in the engine bay and some that were left from drilling out spot welds out back. I sanded them down then painted over it. Filling in the antenna hole with metal would be the right way to do it. I don't think I would try to fill that big of a hole with bondo because eventually it would crack.
Originally Posted by ApacheDrill
funny you should ask.. i thought about using bondo and having it painted, the guy i go to for body work freaked out and told me hell no.. he wants to fill it with metal, smooth it and repaint the panel..
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Originally Posted by kp
I just used a firebird rubber power antenna grommet and stuck a black vacuum cap upside down in it. No painting/bondo 
11-14-2006, 01:40 PM
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the paint on my car was screwed from the factory on the passenger's rear quarter.. and it's finally bothered me enough to look into repainting it. Guy a friend of mine knows is gonna do that one 1/4, and shave the antenna hole at the same time (metal piece welded in, seam seal the back and then grind/fill the hole, sand smooth)
11-14-2006, 02:27 PM
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I thought about that.. but seeing as I haven't used my radio in 3 years, and now the car's too loud to even listen to it and enjoy it LOL, mine's going away. Guy's only getting me 500 to strip/paint the 1/4 and fill the hole, and blend in the door so it will match... so it's not costing me enough to really worry about at this point.
11-14-2006, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MADMAN
If you are doing paint then hell yeah weld the hole up
that's what I figured... your option will work good though for anyone not doing any bodywork, it was my original thought when removing the power antenna seemed like a good idea.