URGENT, need to know
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URGENT, need to know
What if I were to buy a truck that just got alot of body work and a new paint job. Say the body work was crap, bad welds, to much bondo.
What would I see down the road? broken welds which leads to paint being destroyed? bondo cracking, flaking off, taking paint with it?
What would I see down the road? broken welds which leads to paint being destroyed? bondo cracking, flaking off, taking paint with it?
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I'd say Yes and Yes.
Bodywork is an art.....and if it isn't done right it won't hold up at all. No telling how long but I'm sure you'll have the above problems. I'd run from that one.
Good Luck
Bob
Bodywork is an art.....and if it isn't done right it won't hold up at all. No telling how long but I'm sure you'll have the above problems. I'd run from that one.
Good Luck
Bob
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From: Venetia, PA
Take a magnet wrapped in a rag and run it over the body. See how many spots it doesnt stick to or doesnt stick to well and that will tell you how much body work was done. Also, knock on the spots real light. If it sounds like knocking on a hollow can, there probably isnt too much bondo there. If it sounds like knocking on wood, Id stray away from that truck.
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From: green bay, WI
Yes, you got it.
I'm an artist, I tried to do bodywork, but I only, ahh nevermind.
Ohh the sins I've seen when I dug into some bondo babys over the years. And the spots that were showing didn't always show or look all that big, but when dug away and look underneath kinda scary. Everyone probably has abused plastic filler at one time, and its a pretty good product that will hold up, It just gets a bad rap cause a lot of people take it too far and use it how its not meant to be used, applied over rust, stuffed in rot holes, put on an inch thick, ect. Not saying yours will neccessarily have problems, but the potential is there. I wouldn't be necessarily be too concerned if there is bondo on the truck, but if the metal work wasn't done correctly or it wasn't used how it was used incorrectly, it will fail. I remember an old dodge daytona(the one with the big wing) years ago. Kinda knew the guy who owned it, A huge chunk of bondo was popped out of the quarter and someone must of butcher cremed that one up pretty well, cause it was deep.
I'm an artist, I tried to do bodywork, but I only, ahh nevermind.
Ohh the sins I've seen when I dug into some bondo babys over the years. And the spots that were showing didn't always show or look all that big, but when dug away and look underneath kinda scary. Everyone probably has abused plastic filler at one time, and its a pretty good product that will hold up, It just gets a bad rap cause a lot of people take it too far and use it how its not meant to be used, applied over rust, stuffed in rot holes, put on an inch thick, ect. Not saying yours will neccessarily have problems, but the potential is there. I wouldn't be necessarily be too concerned if there is bondo on the truck, but if the metal work wasn't done correctly or it wasn't used how it was used incorrectly, it will fail. I remember an old dodge daytona(the one with the big wing) years ago. Kinda knew the guy who owned it, A huge chunk of bondo was popped out of the quarter and someone must of butcher cremed that one up pretty well, cause it was deep.
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