Need help filling hole's in a hilux body

[4ufearthis]

hello, i have a hard shell yota body. i need to fill several hole's in it before i paint it. what's the cheap and easy way to do it but work's good. also need help on what to do about preping the body before painting? i have never painted a hard shell body. i checked at my local paint store they sell all stuff to do car's. i can get bondo and hardner togeather for 14.00 buck's. but got to get a gal. don't need no where near that. only have one body to do and don't want to wast all that stuff. i can get it by the quart but for some reason it's higher in price. if any one can help me just let me know. post on this thread or send a PM i check them a lot. thank you!!......

[squatch71]

Search for styrene on Utube, or here...lots of info on how to and styrene will be used if your just starting out on scalers....you can do LOTS of stuff with it.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m9rVrVNa6A


don't forget to pay it forward, when someone needs help and its really simple...help em out.

[profsrkos2012]

Tamiya putty also works.
Tamiya America Item #87095 | Putty (White)

[pardonmyn00b]

Get some polystyrene and cut some little plugs to fill the holes. Then sand it flush. Only do touch ups with body filler.

[crunky]

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

Get some polystyrene and cut some little plugs to fill the holes. Then sand it flush. Only do touch ups with body filler.

i agree, and use it quite sparingly. i tried using the green putty made by MMD, but after looking at the job i did with it last year it's starting to sink a little.

now i use shaved styrene and styrene dust mixed with tenax7 as my putty.

[skinner]

I've taped holes from behind and filled holes with 2 part epoxy as always had some in shop. Works well for repairs too.

[hellbounder]

ive used jb weld, go to a diff parts store . many sell smaller cans of filler.

[canuckcrawler]

As pardonmynoob said, plug the hole with a small piece of styrene then skim it with filler. I use autobody two part putty. Its similar to bondo, but used only as a final skim coat. It sands really easy, sticks really well to styrene and doesn't sink

[1tenner]

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

Get some polystyrene and cut some little plugs to fill the holes. Then sand it flush. Only do touch ups with body filler.

Originally Posted by canuckcrawler

As pardonmynoob said, plug the hole with a small piece of styrene then skim it with filler. I use autobody two part putty. Its similar to bondo, but used only as a final skim coat. It sands really easy, sticks really well to styrene and doesn't sink

I did this method last night. Never worked with styrene before other than gluing the back of my hilux cab. I used .040"/1.0mm styrene sheet and cut out little circles. I made the fit tight by starting large and slowly trimming away the diameter until they were a tight fit. I used 2 circles per hole and when the top was pretty flush it left a minor inset under the hood. It was pretty simple really. I filled the stock body mount hole in the center and two holes drilled by the previous owner.

I did some light sanding with some pretty rough sand paper and plan to go back and put a skiff of bondo/filler before doing the real sanding.

Here's some pics

Under the hood:



Top of the hood up close:



Top of the hood from a little distance:

[dblrnut]

I used bondo on the side and top of the hood, would of came out better if I was more careful and worked it more.

[4ufearthis]

thank's to all for the post and the help i got......