any one has any good tips on on fiberglassing

i have bubble rust under my passenger door on the bottom and i started tearing it out and now theres a nice sized hole any one have any tips ????

rivet on a piece of sheet metal, then get aero to cover it lol

fiberglassing upwards on a large hole wont work to well the middle will sag and your material will not be able to hold its own weight and fall straight to the floor

you could even rivet it and leave it with no aero it wont look to bad..

bondo.

more the better.



LMAO

well i dont know about "more the better" but i would say if ur gonna mess with it yourself, use bondo for the simple fact that (based on what iv seen) fiberglass will crack alot faster. i guess it also depends on where its at so whatever.

Fiberglass is very good, but only on areas that dont see that such movement or vibration, as for riveting the sheet metal not very good, might as well do it corect the first time, get it properly welded on, then a bit of bondo to smooth it out, you will spend a bit more but it will look good as new.

This spot is on the door?

Find a clean door. By far the easiest solution.

Truck boy wrote:

Fiberglass is very good, but only on areas that dont see that such movement or vibration, as for riveting the sheet metal not very good, might as well do it corect the first time, get it properly welded on, then a bit of bondo to smooth it out, you will spend a bit more but it will look good as new.

just seems like the dude was trying to do it him self, and a simple fix. i figure if he knew how to weld, he wouldnt ask.
the sheet metal riveted on wouldnt be a problem as long as he sealed it and painted it.

im sure a body shop would charge at least 500 depending on how much needed to be formed welded and smoothed..

(this is assuming he meant the rockers and not the doors if its a door just get a new one)

yea its not the door its under it but i think im goin to jb weld a piece of sheet medal and put some fiberglass it then add bondo and primer and all that shit

I have rust in the same area on my 89 Supra on the passengers side. I am just going to cut out the rusted piece, and fiberglass

I dont know id say if ya prep the surface right and its clean fiberglass would be beter. IF it sags iin the middle add another layer of fiber glass then sand down then add some bondo ti smooth it out beter. Its worked for me.

i think you need to just cut and replace the metal..
allt his fiberglass/bondo/riveting metal is just going to rust again..