i was looking at all the seams on the car, like where the bumpers attach and things. i was wondering, has anyone ever tryed shaving these parts? looking at where the front bumper attaches it looks as if the front bumper sricks out a little farther than the body, so if you filled the grove up with bondo and sanded it smooth you would have a bump there. any opinions on doing this or not doin it.

 

Might want to use something besides bondo. Try a fiberglass repair kit and just use bondo to smooth it out.

An autoparts store should have it. I used it for filling the radio cut out on a metal dash in an old truck. worked great.

 

I don't recommend it.. the first time someone bumps your car, that stuff is going to break and fall out of the cracks and look horrible.

the only way you could do that is to use flexible plastic filler, but it's pretty expensive (compared to bondo), and it doesn't sand or paint very well.

 

i was thinkin about that scenario too. i dont want to be repairing it everytime i bump some thing. do you think it would be the same if i tryed to smooth in a body kit with it? do the pros use that other stuff your talking about when they smooth in the kits?

 

Yea I would like to know about this also...

 

Those joints are there for a reason, so the body of your car can flex and move. Think about every time you go up a driveway, your car flexes a bit. If the whole body was one piece, it would crack or bend in places. Most likely the first place it would crack would be where you filled in, if you were lucky.

If you do fill in, make sure it is not on any stress points.

 

If you are concerned about the two pieces being flush, then there is another route to take. Consider loosening the nuts where the bumper attaches to the fender (for example), then move the two pieces as to make them flush with one another to your heart's desire. Tighten nuts, done. If they won't slide with one another, then perhaps remove nuts and bolts, drill holes out just a bit, then reinsert nuts/bolts, align, then tighten. A lot easier and less permanent I believe!