metal imperfections

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:27 pm

my brain must not be thinking steel right now. but im made a new bracket for my XM radio. in order to do it i had to bend the piece with a pair of vice grips. so i have a few little dents in the metal. not too noticable, but i was wondering if anyone had any tricks for getting these out?

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:29 pm

my best guess.... sand it, the spray on some sandable primer, and make it smooth and paint... if you can do that to metal at least. *shrugs*

or, make a new one, and use band aids over the teeth of the vice grips, so they don't do htat

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:37 pm

might make a new one, it wasnt difficult it just took a lot of time.

all that sanding and priming and sanding sounds more difficult than making one.

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:52 pm

If it's not very deep, just give it a quick hand sand and a fresh shot of paint. If it's a little deeper, take a quick and light pass with an angle grinder and paint.

For that you would probably be ok with a quick sand and paint.

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:41 pm

Have to agree, easiest way is going to be to just sand it down.

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:10 pm

might soak it in some paint thinner to remove all the paint and then go at it with some sand paper.

then repaint.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:24 am

bondo

underway · Post by **underway** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:47 am

shit if i showed u all the imperfections in my car id need my own forum.....dash, rims, upholstry, exhaust, rubber burned onto the side of the car from burnouts, cracked windsheild, fucked rear bumper, etc etc.... its so small you should be more concerned with more serious things on the car, like ....like..... its fiiiiine......

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:34 am

^^^

I understand how he feels though

I hate to have ANYTHING wrong on my car - yes, it is a car - but I paid lots moolah for this thing, I am going to be a good steward of it. Which is probably what Frank is doing

Besides, I am also really OCD, so I cant stand it!

Post by **racer12306** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:04 pm

i figure if im gonna show the thing it needs to look good.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:20 pm

racer12306 wrote:i figure if im gonna show the thing it needs to look good.

You talking about Carlisle? If you are... you do realize that SilentNeon placed last year with a yellow nose on a blue car, right?

Post by **racer12306** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:31 pm

haha, thats funny.

yes i am talking about carlisle. so i should be best in class. lol

underway · Post by **underway** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:21 pm

ya i had lil pride in keepin my car nice too....then i cracked the windshield and it went down hill...sum biotch hit me in a parkin lot etc.... now i only car bout its speed.....unfourtunatly....not so good.... lol.....but still good for a neon..

Post by **racer12306** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:47 am

well, i wire brushed the paint off and i sanded for a little while and then got bored with that so i search for a little bondo

and attacked it with that. im going to finish sanding today and paint it up again to see how it looks.

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:35 pm

here is the final result

i finished it off by painting the screw heads and the nuts and extra threads on the other side.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:33 pm

Looking good

. I see you've got one of those official Chrysler "Five Star" notebooks too. Heh, I used to buy them just because they said Five Star on them. By the end of college, I was known as the on-campus Mopar nut.

Post by **Diablo0** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:03 am

jonnymopar wrote:I see you've got one of those official Chrysler "Five Star" notebooks too. Heh, I used to buy them just because they said Five Star on them. By the end of college, I was known as the on-campus Mopar nut.

I never thought of those folders that way

Post by **Canada** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:45 pm

jonnymopar wrote:Looking good . I see you've got one of those official Chrysler "Five Star" notebooks too. Heh, I used to buy them just because they said Five Star on them. By the end of college, I was known as the on-campus Mopar nut.

You are such an idiot.

*Runs out to buy a bunch of them, cause he never thought of it*

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:31 pm

ive never thought of that either jason/chris.

a true mopar nut he is.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:26 am