trying to fix some body work.

[Dr. Sievers]

So my rear fascia is coming off on the driver's side. The original bolts stripped out the hole and cracked it a touch, so someone prior to me had put a bolt in the side and had cut a hole in the side so that it would stay. Now that hole has stripped. I don't want anymore holes in my car. So if anyone has any ideas. I wish I had a picture for you guys. I'll take one tonight and put it on here. But if any of my body guys have any ideas let me know

It's fiberglass not urethane, it's just primered so I'm not too worried about a little scratch since I plan on fixing it here in the future. the car is not bad just in rough shape and she'll take a while to fix her back up.

 

[Goatman]

what car is it?

 

[Dr. Sievers]

what car is it?

it is a 85 se 2m4. It has a custom fiberglass rear fascia on it. Unfortunately I'm still having issues trying to get a picture to load on my comp. I'm still wanting to get those pics posted of the chevy 3500 sticking out of my garage to show you guys.

if you can picture this, the driver's side portion is the part that's not staying in place. it connects to the body right above the fender well but the problem is that where it originally connected is stripped out and the "new" connection that the last owner put on has now not only stripped out but it is also slightly cracked from shaking loose. I was thinking maybe doing something like a bondo stick but I don't know if that's a good idea. i don't want to make anymore holes if that's at all possible. And, although I have done minor body work before, I stink at it horribly and don't want to mess it up. the other problem is though that this is my new play toy and I don't want to take it to someone else, that and that kind of stuff gets expensive quick.

I also had another idea but I need to get my floor jack and put the car more than the inch off the ground that it is so that I can get a clearer picture of what the full situation is.

BTW does anyone know how to hookup a Micro-Flash Camera to a PC laptop? It didn't come with instructions and I can't even find the Micro-Flash on the internet. Micro-Flash is the name brand.

 

[Dr. Sievers]

I found a way to sort of give you an idea with a different pic.

Edit: this is my car btw just this was taken at the previous owner's house to show me what it looked like before I drove down to pick him up. And my car's name is Madd Maxx. don't know why anyone would need that info but I figured introductions are in order.

2nd EDIT: Also, just because I'm sitting here laughing about this myself I figured I had to tell you guys since I think you could all appreciate this humor. This morning I drove this little 85 se 2m4 5-spd base model to work like I always do, but today since I have some big wig clients coming in I had to dress extra nice so this morning I'm sure this cars never seen one before but I drove it wearing a Pierre Cardin Suit and a pair of chuck taylor shoes, oh yeah... gotta love it...

3rd: one other thing, I used to use this with drift racing so the problem is I am not sure how reliable it would be for daily driving. I mean it could hold up to swinging the car arround like crazy and sudden jolts but at the same time it's designed to allow the bumper to rip away. What we would do is instead of using rivits we would just zip tie the bumpers on and then we would use a sharp razor blade and slightly knick the outsides of each of the zip ties so that the bumper wouldn't get as easily damaged. So I figure just don't knick the outsides of the zip tie and it should hold it a lot better for know until I can figure out my final goals with this car. (I had a plan for this car and as soon as I got the car I've flopped so many times that I don't want to sink any real money into it while I'm trying to decide)