So, i got a sweet deal on an Origin-Lab aero kit for my s14. Yes, i will be running a "body kit".
There were a couple touchups that needed to be performed on the fiberglass so i figured i'd try to fix it myself. Not knowing the slightest thing about bodywork i tried to think about what i would bo if i were a bodyman.
Here is the sideskirt that is damaged.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt1.jpg
First things first, i wanted to clear away all the loose FG material from where the skirt had been bashed. the problem area is abotu 5 inches long. I used sandpaper and a block of wood.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt2.jpg
Logic told me that i should strengthen it from the inside out. so i put tape over the outside in case any of the bondo were to seep through... though i found out that the bondo is actually very thick. Thicker than i thought. I also wanted make sure and not press the tape to the destroyed area so that if bondo were to seep through, it could help reform the new outside... though it did not seep through.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt3.jpg
Then i bondoed the inside nice and thick using a walmart bag over my finger to apply it. I used twice the reccomended hardener so that it would set fast.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirtbondo.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt4.jpg
then i went to the outside and cleared away more debris once the inside hardened.. and was stronger.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt11.jpg
I then removed the blue tape and puttied the outside, layed it on thick, but in a uniform concise matter so that i would not have to sand a lot of surface area.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt5.jpg
I then sanded down the excess after it dried with a block and sandpaper to conform to the rest of the body line. Turns out i didnt go thick enough the first time.
second pass with the bondo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt6.jpg
Finally, i spray painted the fixed area... thinking, that the paint would do 2 things. One, it would fill in any small gaps (then i would resand). And, it would allow me to see how "even" it looked.
I layed it on super thick (notice the runs???) so that I could sand it down and even it out even further once the paint hardens tomorrow.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt8.jpg
Not bad in my opinion... but like i said, i am no expert.
...and its good enough for my track car. More progress to come later. Iwill go over it again and post pics after the paint is hard.