There are a few ways to fill unused holes in the body of your car or truck.
Filling holes in truck roof.
Grainger or mcmaster carr are industrial supply houses that should carry rubber plugs or plastic caps to cover your holes.
You should be good to go.
Apply several layers of primer sanding each layer with a sanding block until the area appears perfectly smooth.
To check that it s smooth wet the primer and look at the way light reflects off the surface.
In this video i will show you how to fix rusted out areas on your car or truck without welding.
The techniques really vary on the size of the holes.
Press the patch into the hole firmly.
The key tip is to make sure you take the time to setup your welder for nice flat spot welds and leave time for the metal to cool between each weld.
On my 80 i also have a bracket screwed directly to the roof with four stainless screws.
Press the mixture directly into the hole so it s flat against the vehicle.
A little clear silicone on the edge of the hole and pop the plug in.
How do i plug it from the ouside so the bondo doesnt just fall through and what can i use to support it.
I have a hole in the center of the car roof about the diameter of a half dollar coin.
Because who knows you might one day want to use a couple of those holes for adding roof lights like mine or if you got a roof tent that has power outlets and reading lights.
12v led light bar help so i want to add a 12v led light bar to the car and i heard its easier to install it to the lighter outlet i need help on to install fog lights on a geo tracker is the only way to drill holes in the roll bar i want to get a roof rack from wilderness roof racks and i want to put 4 fog lights on it is the only way of getting the wires.
Uses for lead in body repair can run from seam sealing to metal finishing panel repairs to filling various body holes.
You can use primer as a last layer of filler to fill tiny holes or irregularities.
I want to plug it and bondo it then sand and smooth and paint.
It includes tips tricks pictures as well as what you will.
The latter is the most relevant application for the neophyte metal fan and.