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GhostintheNightAug-29-05 05:08 PM
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#88488, "Door Caps"




          

Okay, so i took my door caps off i saw someone on here with no caps on and liked it. I guess i just wanted to know the best way to fill the holes and all to the point of painting... I would've searched first, but honestly, i really didn't know what to search for...

  

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RE: Door Caps, AdministratorStar Turbo Talon, Aug-29-05 10:12 PM, #1
RE: Door Caps, Max-Eclipse, Aug-30-05 06:43 AM, #2
RE: Door Caps, GhostintheNight, Aug-30-05 04:55 PM, #3
      RE: Door Caps, DarkTalon, Aug-31-05 01:51 AM, #4
           RE: Door Caps, shuwa29, Aug-31-05 06:58 AM, #5
                RE: Door Caps, GhostintheNight, Aug-31-05 03:57 PM, #6
                     RE: Door Caps, TeamDR1665, Sep-01-05 08:59 AM, #7

AdministratorStar Turbo TalonAug-29-05 10:12 PM
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#88492, "RE: Door Caps"
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weld the holes up, that is the best way.

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Max-EclipseAug-30-05 06:43 AM
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#88506, "RE: Door Caps"
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Originally posted by GhostintheNight
Okay, so i took my door caps off i saw someone on here with no caps on and liked it. I guess i just wanted to know the best way to fill the holes and all to the point of painting... I would've searched first, but honestly, i really didn't know what to search for...


take a ball pein hammer, or a hammer and something with a rounded end on it, and kind of dent in the area around the holes, then weld them up, grind the weld down with a disc grinder or something (something smaller will probably work since they are such small holes)... the put filler in them, then sand it... i guess your gonna have someone else paint it, right?

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GhostintheNightAug-30-05 04:55 PM
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#88521, "RE: Door Caps"
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for the sake of money, i was just gonna get some factory touch up paint... but from the sounds of it, there might be a bit more to touch up than just a few spots.

And honestly, is there any way i could all that without welding it? I nor many of my friends are very weld savy... and honestly, i really dont want to pay someone to fill in a few holes y'know? I do have some bondo.. is there any reason that i could just dent in the hole with the hammer and fill it with bondo then sand and paint it?

  

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DarkTalonAug-31-05 01:51 AM
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#88537, "RE: Door Caps"
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If you don't see the light of having it done properly(bondo will come out of a hole eventually, if not crack around the edged to a point of being visible through the paint, especially on something that's jarred as much as a door), then find a product called ALL-METAL it's like bondo, only stronger(on larger areas you even have to use a grinder to smooth it down enough to sand), and sets up nearly 3x as fast. If you do use this do not mix it on cardboard or anything with any absorbing properties, because it will soak up the hardener(which is very watery), and for your sake, read the directions, i've messed up numerous times with the stuff and it really sucks when that happens.

After you fill the holes with that(if you do) and get it worked out, then go over it with some bondo normally to fill in any low spots you may have left.

But the best way is ,undoubtly, to have them welded up, and if you need to find someone to weld them, then just go ask around local shops and stuff, and show them how small they are and tell them that you can finish them, you just need them welded up(and ground down properly, unless you know how to that emoji )you may find someone that'll do it for about $20, if not less(depending on where you are, and how busy the shop is at the time, and how nice the guys are).




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#88545, "RE: Door Caps"
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i agree with what the above mentioned. lucky for me, i didn't have door caps!!!

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GhostintheNightAug-31-05 03:57 PM
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#88568, "RE: Door Caps"
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Aright, so welding welding, i got it... are we talking tig, mig, what?

  

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#88584, "RE: Door Caps"
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If you have a spare door cap, PM totaleklipse97. Tell him cactusfucker sent you. emoji

  

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