Thread: Fixing body holes! Help!

You'll need to weld those or they will show up later

No need to make a new thread.

Anyways, It might be easier to get a trunk that didn't come with a spoiler.

No way you could spray the deck lid by yourself without it looking terrible.

Originally Posted by suitercrew

So they cant just be bondoed? What would be the preferred painting method if I didn't gave access to a professional sprayer? Or would it be best to just go to a shop?

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Getting the right decklid is much easier. They can be bondoed over but the holes are too big and they will show through the paint in time. That would be a seriously half-ass approach to take, and a buzzkill later on. Metal gets fixed with metal, filler fills scratches or dents. But its your car and we all do what we gotta.

No idea on cost, 300-500 is a ball park for welding holes, drilling new holes, sand/prep/paint/clear.

Under the stock spoiler the paint will be damaged anyway. they are never perfect because crap gets under the spoiler and it flexes an rubs it in.

Thats a fair ballpark guess on cost, but it might go even higher. Welding up the holes can create quite a bit of work. Perhaps an SE (no spoiler) lid could be found and drilled instead.

I'm a bodyman but have the spoiler and lid you want stashed on my porch. Just need to paint em black, but now you know why I hung onto the lid n spoiler. I plan to use them both. If I were you, I'd check the possibility of using a spoiler-less lid to start with. The paint money might not be so bad without the welding, bondo, and primer.

Personally.. you might be able to hit car-part.com and find the right color trunk that you need nearby