Part on my jeep literally flaked off revealing that there is a massive spot of bondo do jeeps have bondo form the factory? It looks like original paint where it flaked off
Do TJs have Bondo on them from the factory?
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I assure you there is no factory Bondo. Whoever put that Bondo on there did a super shitty repair job. It also looks like you have some serious rust to contend with.
The more I look at this, the more confused I am. Is that really Bondo? Could somebody actually be that stupid that they would apply a layer of Bondo that sick and that large?
It's body filler no doubt..either it wasn't prepped properly or moisture has been getting behind it for a while..to fix this right will take a da sander and sand paper to see how far it goes.
You sure that's factory paint? What does the paint code say? That shade of blue doesn't look familiar
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Using that definition, it's all surface rust until it breaks through the other side. Trust me, that is not surface rust.
That’s far from surface rust for sure. Looks like a rust bucket. I hope what you find under there isn’t even worse.
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Every one here is scared by little rust this is rust bucket the jeeps just has that one spot
My dear departed Dad bought a brand new Mitsubishi Badged (Chrysler) wagon in the 1980,s and he found a repaired panel that the dealer had repaired due to accidental damage sustained at the dealerships work shop/yard, so it is actually possible to have a new vehicle with a bondo repair! He had no come back on the new car as it was under warrantee and repair was guaranteed to outlast the warrantee.! Dealerships do touch up and repair new cars like it or not.
If yours "was actually a new car repair" then it lasted 24 years so it was a good repair, My dads car was a special order colour so they just repaired the damage.
As a side note: yes they do repair cars or did at the factory! I just remembered I was re cladding a boiler-room chimney at Fords Southampton plant (UK) and they had a body repair section there.
If yours "was actually a new car repair" then it lasted 24 years so it was a good repair, My dads car was a special order colour so they just repaired the damage.
As a side note: yes they do repair cars or did at the factory! I just remembered I was re cladding a boiler-room chimney at Fords Southampton plant (UK) and they had a body repair section there.
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Surface rust is on the surface as in if you removed it, there is no pitting and no appreciable loss in material thickness.
Depends on where you live.It would never be just surface rust after over 20 years, We should bring back Red Lead!
This is actual on my 97 that I am building.
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What is red leadIt would never be just surface rust after over 20 years, We should bring back Red Lead!