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[98mitsubishigst]

Well, Since i had time on my hands. Past 2-3 weeks i been cleaning up the Bay.. I had a rust hole on my strut tower and my pap covered it up to stop from moving. Well its been a year since that and now i could tap the hole thru. SO . I DID haha. Now i had a HUGE hole and something for me to work on. I dremeled out a square and then grinded down to solid metal and no rust. Afterwards i needed a welder.. A friend of mine gave me his that he doesnt use anymore (a new 400 dollar one .. CRAZY right?) so i brought it home and realized it doesnt hook up to a house plug needed a 50amprage outlet. Lucky for me the welder was free, Had some leftover cash, bought outlet wire and breaker and AGAIN lucky for me Friends dad was a electrician =) He had a beer and put the outlet in.. The next day i practiced welding. And then cut a piece of metal out and formed it then welded her on. (Took welding in high school for 9 months thats all experience i had.) Then I bondo hardened her . Sanded her down. Bondoed again. Sanded again. This is third time, Bondoing lightly and sanding again later. HERES THE PICTURES =D

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what u guys think so far? =D Last layer is on now.. Primer and Paint tomorrow

 

[Rob10_99]

What are you doing to your tool bench!

 

[98mitsubishigst]

what? haha

 

[kneipperk]

wow that was a nasty hole! Good job dude! might need you to come and weld a section in on my moms prelude hahahaha

 

[DSM4LIFE-AWD]

Nice Job !

 

[Oldsid]

Good job man.
How about the bottom side?The picture shows the top side only. You need to do the same thing on both sides to avoid rusting again.

 

[Detective Coating]

Get at the bottom side also and then use some undercoating in the wheel wells to help prevent this from happening again. Make sure you sand it real good so it looks decent after you paint it and clean it up.

 

[98mitsubishigst]

Doing that today =) ran out of damn hardener =X I dont mess around, i want it to try ASAP so i add alot. . Ill post pictures of undernieth today. Along with primer/paint/clear if i get that far

thanks guys =D

 

[98mitsubishigst]

well, i finally finished the left side.. Letting it dry then starting tomorrow on middle peices (by firewall and radiator) Then Driver side. Ill be covering up the passenger side with a blanket so no debree gets on it while i sand all the other parts =) but here you go. hope you guys liek the paint job.

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ill be posting better pictures tomorrow when im done with some other parts =) Tell me what you guys think!!!

 

[inneed4dsm]

at first i honestly wasnt sure but now thats its painted... wow it looks really good man good job brah!

probably should have taken off those bolts on the strut tower before paint though

 

[JCH1979KY]

looks good... was this ## first attempt at body work

 

[tvscream]

great job man. looks like everything turned out great.

 

[98mitsubishigst]

There off now =) new bolts on it. and yah. i knew the basics about cars like changing brakes, oil. fix a flat. (hell im only 18 years old) but 181k on my eclipse i wanted a rebuild. and i thought good time to do it over winter. and only way to learn is to go at it/plus i got friends who are mechanics =) but yah this first time at body work. and im pretty damn proud of it. . . my next project ill try to perfect it (gsx =D)

but u guys like? ill be posting more pictures. . check out the blog and comment my process !!

 

[mnNice]

damn im in the same boat as you but other side. and same age! haha. mines a little worse and im cutting the whole strut tower off and taking one from a wrecked talon and welding on. ill be sure to take pictures as well

 

[98mitsubishigst]

Yuckkkk. i hope i never got to get that deep into a dsm with body work haha . but yah i just wanna prove everyone around that i can do this. I love my car to much to get rid of . So rebuild! =)

Well i got rust on that side but No where near that. its a little bit.. im grinding it down and if have to ill patch again. but hopen not.. im sanding it down and primer/paint/clear again =)

But good luck man, def take pictures =D i wanna see. and take your time

 

[mnNice]

Yuckkkk. i hope i never got to get that deep into a dsm with body work haha . but yah i just wanna prove everyone around that i can do this. I love my car to much to get rid of . So rebuild! =)

Well i got rust on that side but No where near that. its a little bit.. im grinding it down and if have to ill patch again. but hopen not.. im sanding it down and primer/paint/clear again =)

But good luck man, def take pictures =D i wanna see. and take your time

yeah ive always loved talons and eclipses. so i bought one that needed a rebuild right away.(got it suuper cheap) and other than that rust spot the rest of the car is solid. rebuilding just makes me wanna drive the car that much more and gives the car more value to me thou. cant wait to finish it up and get her out of the garage.

 

[98mitsubishigst]

exaclty how i feel.. my first car, and other values to it .. but rebuilding it gives it even more value.

Good luck with the car man =)
ill be right there with you finishin mine

 

[mnNice]

yeah good luck with yours to! there fun to work on but can get frustrating haha

 

[airmail96]

Def. turned out really good man.

 

[98mitsubishigst]

thx =) im starting on the rest tomorrow ill post more soon!

 

[EclipticalGS]

Cosmetically it looks great, but think about how that bondo will hold up to flexing, i mean even the slightest fex in that spot will leave a nasty bondo buggy crack along the hole. I just welded a sheet of metal ontop, then the bottom, grinded it flat, etc etc., only bondo necessary was to even everything out. Still looks great though, im just thinkin bout potholes.

 

[ricktb]

pretty much what I did.. thats a lot of bondo. Hope it doesnt crack like mine did, small amount of rust re-forming. Don't forget to undercoat the wheelwell.

 

[gixrman]

Bondo will crack if over a 1/4" thick might want to use MAR-GLAS next time. Also theres this great primer called weld thru primer for areas like that that may not get an underside coating. you spray it, dry, weld and it protects the metal.

 

[hondaslayer1]

Nice job keep up the good work and rebuild that motor.

 

[98mitsubishigst]

Finished The back by firewall, and did the front and driver side...
Drive side was done well but not great like i hoped.. 4-5 run offs at bottem but engine will cover it to make the engine bay look great =)

o and i sprayed the top ac/power steering lines white. because honestly i didnt feel like taking the time to put them all back, (sorry guys) but everything turned out looking amazing =)

better pictures tomorrow with all the newspaper and towels off

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