Alternative methods of preserving your car

[Kemper]

There are other ways to preserve your car and get it looking good other than traditional metal replacement.

Using traditional methods you are putting your car back to what failed to begin with. Either way if you don't maintain it and it is used as before it will fail again.

There is a difference between slapping on some bondo vs doing a proper fiberglass repair . There is also a difference in how a metal replacement job is done. Naturally there are areas that a metal replacement may be necessary but not too often .

 

[WileE]

Hello.

 

[493 Mike]

The fellas with LOTS of money are replacing panels with carbon fiber pieces!
Mike

 

[DeltaV]

There are other ways to preserve your car and get it looking good other than traditional metal replacement.

Using traditional methods you are putting your car back to what failed to begin with. Either way if you don't maintain it and it is used as before it will fail again.

There is a difference between slapping on some bondo vs doing a proper fiberglass repair . There is also a difference in how a metal replacement job is done. Naturally there are areas that a metal replacement may be necessary but not too often .

Your recommendation?

 

[Kemper]

The fellas with LOTS of money are replacing panels with carbon fiber pieces!
Mike

Probably a good alternative also.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Is that it? I thought you were gonna go into some proper fiberglass repairs then.

Be a good time since I may cut some bits of my quarter to weld in patches soon.

 

[Rishi]

fiberglass patching of metal panels? Is that viable?

 

[Kemper]

Your recommendation?

A proper fiberglass/bondo repair but emphasis on treatment and sealing to prevent what causes such damage. If you ever look at a bondo repair you will most like ly not see much in terms of doing the proper thing where it doesn't show. So, those types of repairs are not what I'm talking about.

 

[j-c-c-62]

Probably a good alternative also.

FG is a good cost-effective material. Carbon fiber only makes sense if you require high strength and/or less weight, or eye candy.

 

[Kemper]

fiberglass patching of metal panels? Is that viable?

I've done it and detailed the process but it is something that can be improved upon . I'm satisfied with my results.

https://185.246.85.105/mopar/thread..._cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9yYWJvZGllc29ubHkuY29t

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I had recent conversations with a friend about filler repairs and the general feeling about it as I was gauging how much was on my car with an angle grinder
The thing is, and this applies to a few of my cars that previous owners slapped filler on, was that it took decades for the filler repair to start failing. And in some of those cases I had to point it out because it wasn't noticeable to regular non car people. To me that speaks to the original post of putting back what failed, its not enough to make me prefer filler/fiberglass to metal, but also I can't hate on those filler repairs that go so long either.

I'm still undecided on how I'll handle the holes in my quarters, likely I will treat and weld in new metal I shape and make up the difference with filler.

 

[Jerry Hall]

I've done it and detailed the process but it is something that can be improved upon . I'm satisfied with my results.

https://185.246.85.105/mopar/thread..._cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9yYWJvZGllc29ubHkuY29t

Bad link.

 

[Kemper]

Bad link.

It's on the A body forum under " Am I crazy for doing this to a 1965 Barracuda " Link works fine for me ,so I don't know what the issue is on that.

 

[j-c-c-62]

It should be noted here epoxy resins with CF or FG are far superior in adhesion to properly prepared metals, but are often avoided because of higher cost, more precise mixing ratios, and much longer cure times.

 

[Kemper]

I had recent conversations with a friend about filler repairs and the general feeling about it as I was gauging how much was on my car with an angle grinder
The thing is, and this applies to a few of my cars that previous owners slapped filler on, was that it took decades for the filler repair to start failing. And in some of those cases I had to point it out because it wasn't noticeable to regular non car people. To me that speaks to the original post of putting back what failed, its not enough to make me prefer filler/fiberglass to metal, but also I can't hate on those filler repairs that go so long either.

I'm still undecided on how I'll handle the holes in my quarters, likely I will treat and weld in new metal I shape and make up the difference with filler.

Since it took decades to fail it was probably done to a higher standard than what you typically see.

 

[Kemper]

Of couse it depends on the car and what a person is planning on doing with it. A magnet test may tell you a car is all metal, but won't tell you the quality of the job.