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PSA: That one Wednesday last month where I stripped a $400 quarter panel down to bare metal and found three different paint jobs underneath.
The previous shop had just piled on bondo over rust and old lacquer instead of doing it right, and now I gotta ask, has anyone else run into a car that had more filler than metal under the hood?
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blake4329d ago
And that's exactly why I always check for rust with a magnet before I even touch a panel. You'd be surprised how much bondo can hide a car that's totally rotted underneath. Once you find that much filler, it's usually cheaper to just hunt down a clean used panel.
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jordan_webb499d ago
And yeah man, I've been there a few times. Pulled a fender off an old Chevelle and found what looked like a whole bag of drywall mud holding it together. @blake432 is right, the magnet trick saves so much headache. I had one car where I tapped a panel and it just crunched inward, no metal left at all. It's wild what some shops will hide under paint and bondo just to get it out the door. Now I always poke around with a screwdriver too before buying anything.
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