How to fill/flatten side mouldings?

[tekdeus]

I'm planning to remove the strip and fill the slots on my 89+ side mouldings, like in the pic below.

What's the best flexible and sandable material to use? Since the stock plastic probably won't sand very well, would the material have to be laid overlapping the upper flat part of the moulding?

I've got some generic universal flat 2" side mouldings which I may use, but it probably won't look as good as the stock ones plus they will match the rear center piece.

 

[SupraOfDoom]

I tried to email him about that... but no response yet.

 

[Idealsupra]

i could have SWORN he actually is using the 87-88 moldings painted his body color.

not saying you cant fill the 89+ ones though...as ive seen it done... but i thought on THAT application the above was the case. :dunno:

 

[lilazni3uoy]

i could have SWORN he actually is using the 87-88 moldings painted his body color.

not saying you cant fill the 89+ ones though...as ive seen it done... but i thought on THAT application the above was the case. :dunno:

^ be more ideal with out all the hard work, using the pre 89 moldings

 

[tekdeus]

The pre-89 mouldings are not totally flat, they have a stepped edge.

 

[ma70mkiii]

I've done this on another supra before. The easiest way is to use fiberglas filler. Not resin... filler. Its like bondo but fiberglas. Use it as a building block then put a layer of bondo over the fiberglas as a final coat. It will probably take 3-5 good solid coats of fiberglas before it will fill up that ridge enough where it won't show when you paint. If you miss it even by a lil bit it will show. I recommend that you have someone with some autobody background to assist you because if you want it to be perfect.... you have to have a good eye and feel for detail. Shaving mouldings is not easy nor fun so good luck.

 

[aberabee]

+1 for the fiberglass filler...seen some amazing work with that stuff!

 

[cuel]

I've thought about removing the side mouldings, and replacing them with sheet metal, in such a way as I'd only have to feather in the edges with body filler. I'd want to use the stock mounting locations, and epoxy the top and bottom edges. As much filler as it would take to fill over the stock mouldings, I'd worry about it cracking.

 

[bryanintexas]

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8336

 

[Clip]

search around here, i think someone was doing a pretty big build and tacking sheet metal into place. tekdeus maybe?

 

[Enraged]

search around here, i think someone was doing a pretty big build and tacking sheet metal into place. tekdeus maybe?

please see username of original poster.

 

[SilverSupraT]

Are you talking about filling in the groove in the actual sheet metal or just flattening out the moldings themselves?

If I were doing the moldings I think I would use fiberglass with a flexible resin. The fiberglass filler is nice for somethings but I just doing know how well it would stick to the plastic and I would hate to see it chip off for whatever reason.

If you're trying to shave the moldings completely I would recommend welding, hammer and dolly, then using as little bondo as possible.

Check out my build thread to see the shave job that I did. It was all welded up then just a bit of bondo to help smooth it out. (Link in my sig)

 

[Clip]

please see username of original poster.

haha, fail! i forget who was doing it then, but ill look around. someone and his dad, iirc.

 

[jmanbball]

There is some stuff made by 3M called duramix for urethane bumper repair that would probably work well. I used it on the bumper of my brothers car that had been torn in half on the bottom part and it worked really well.