EXCLUSIVE: How to repair a totaled out car

http://lectricgenius.blogspot.com/ Repairing a totaled car which was flipped across two lanes of an interstate. I replaced both quarter panels, the roof, all four doors, the hood, the fenders, and both bumpers. The only thing on the car thats still original is the decklid.

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[kyle44422]

hey how did you replace the roof? i flipped my car and the roof is not dented like crazy and i would like to fix it wat would you recommend?

[lectricgenius]

@kyle44422 I simply drilled all the spot welds out of it and took the whole roof off. It is fairly simple if you have a sharp drill bit. New cars like this one the metal is so thin, it makes the job much easier, now workin on a 65 GTO, Mustangs when muscle cars were n their hay day, it is a little harder and more time consuming.

[Valis2008]

good work :D On the car I do body work aswell.............Ive never heard of all metal (Im in canada) I usually use fiberglass mini fibre stuff its expansive it does just as good of a job :P Its what most of the body shops here use

[lectricgenius]

@Valis2008 I am sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. In my experience, all metal is better than fiberglass for these repairs. I've had fiberglass fail and the metal underneath it rust away. All metal seems to do the trick though.

[wisyakman]

ty for the all-metal body filler idea, it looks perfect for fixing the bullet holes in my ride

[dorifto711]

@Valis2008 i am an industrial design student whos workd with fiberglass but never applied it to automotive. i do have a beater & want to learn how to use it for body work. you have any pointers or videos to follow? particularly the roofing.

[thanxx]

good job man. im doing similar stuff over hear in the UK on a day to day basis but in stead of using self tappers we just heat the panel up and tack it with brass(brazing rod) then if you need to move it you just warm it back up and move it.

still i suppose the tappers do the same type of job.