Fixin' a fender-bender

[E30Idea]

All I have is some 120, can I use that? If not, I guess I've have to go get some 220 tomorrow.

120 is way too coarse IMO

[DatUtahGuy]

The rule of thumb is you sand the repaired area(body filler) with 240, then sand the primer/final sand with 320 and then you can seal and paint.

Use something finer, 400 or 500 grit if you don't plan on using a sealer.

When doing paint work, cleanliness is next go Godliness.

[Jand3rson]

Sanded the fender down with 220, wiped it down with acteone 3 times, and just put the first light coat of self etching primer down.

[Jand3rson]

All done with the self etching primer:









Who votes I do my whole car this color? :D

[e30this]

Looks good ninja...

[AndrewBird]

Damn, it turned out straighter then I thought it would on the front. Shouldn't need much of anything to smooth it out.

[vivalegreg]

nice work way to go

[Jand3rson]

Damn, it turned out straighter then I thought it would on the front. Shouldn't need much of anything to smooth it out.

It's bumpier in person than in the pics. My camera is ghey.

[Stephen]

Yes! flat olive!

[madformx5]

I like the flat olive too Mr. Anderson. I think you should go with it.

[madformx5]

What happened to the engine in your car? Is it there and the angle is just to bad to see it?

[Jand3rson]

What happened to the engine in your car? Is it there and the angle is just to bad to see it?

The block is there, that's it. The whole top end is removed for maintenance and upgrades.

[Jand3rson]

Just dropped the fender off at a body shop, they're going to tackle the rest of the smoothing, prime and paint it for me for $200.

[Jand3rson]

Got started repairing the damaged corner of the bumper tonight. I used a razor blade to trim out all of the mangled plastic, then sanded it smooth. Once I got the shape all close to normal, I roughed it up with 120 grit and filled the damaged area with plastic weld. Turned out really good, I'm going to sand it tomorrow and get it shaped.

[Desaevious]

That came out well. Because you didn't have a massive area to patch up it looks great. How was handling the filler? I recall posting how I had to use a good amount of tiger hair to do mine.