Shaving door handles

I just took apart my door panel and removed the door handles. Is there an easy way to fill in these holes and smooth it out so it looks like it hasnt been there? Is there something on the market thats in a can and you just cover the hole and let it dry and sand? THanks

Bondo might do the trick.
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weld on a peice of metal then bondo it:rolleyes:

Where can i get "bondo" and what equipment do i need for welding? a flame torch to melt it?

just shuve some sticky tack in it, paint it and done, lol kiddin man, u could probably just go to some bodyshop and aske them, they would probably know or just wait for someone here to giveit to ya :D

Don't use bondo, if you do, it will probably crack in a few years. Take a piece of sheet metal and weld it in there and grind it smooth and then use bondo to fill in anything that isn't smooth. Take the sheet metal and tack weld it on the inside of the door and then weld that baby in.

I remember there was a thread a while back in one of these Honda forums it had tons of info on turbos, springs, etc...

One of the things it had a link to was a good detailed step by step on shaving door handles... search for door handle shaving... or something like that...

-Grendel

Here you go... I found it for ya :)

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t16500.html

Good luck...

-Grendel

Thank you guys for all the help...

I made a few post on here as some of you may know, more so the post/instructions on how to shave door handles.. If its not too late please diregard those instructions.. I will be deleting them by the end of the day. As some of you may know my car is in the shop and has been for about 4 weeks. Prior to that Me and a couple buddies shaved the door handles. They looked and felt perfect. We used the fiberglass and bondo method. The reason for this was that welding sheet metal in the door can cause the metal on the door to warp and it is very risky. Anyways, 4 weeks later the car is done, well almost. I went to the body shop on Sunday evening after my guy sprayed it... OMG did she looks hella good, very clean.. It was hot and sunny, and she was gleaming, upon a closer look, I noticed I could see all the outlines of where the doorhandles used to be.. Holy shit was I pissed! My guy said he would resand them and refill them. So I went down Monday morning to see what the progress report was, and to our suprise they were gone. I was happy so we continued on with another problem which I will post another thread on. Later in the day I got a call from him, shortly after the sun had came out.. It did it again, you could again see those damn outlines.. We were puzzled, so he made a few calls to paint shops and a few experts. Well what we found out was that the fiberglass was too thick.. So when the temperatures created by the sun were casted upon it, the fiberglass swelled(Which is normal for fiberglass to do). You could not feel anything but you could see it. So we have welded sheet metal in the holes.. No this is not your normal arch welder, this is a "Wire Fed Welder" that runs off of "Argon Gas" This is the welder is needed to do this project to these newer cars with the thin metal.. Its almost like not applying any heat, its simply instaneously welding, how it works I don't know but the difference is that it uses Argon. Hot Rods back in the day were made like iron, so welding them was an easy task. Now days the metal is so fragile, it can't be welded the same as back in the day.. Now they look great no problem whatsoever. I apologize if anyone followed my directions.. I will not be responsible either, but none the less I do apologize.. If your loooking for something temporary then by all means go for it, if your not worried how it would look with a 3000 dollar paint job, go for it, but if you are anything like me, and learn from lessons and mistakes, then don't do the method that I posted. Luckily for me, my guy is repairing it free of charge (Well he's one of my sponsors) but any other body shop would cost an arm and a leg to repair, let alone do the task from scratch.. Most shaved doors are done in a garage with a few guys and a few beers with the hopes of woman showing up looking for some.. LOL Anyways, take care and good luck in the art of shaving door handles.. If ya got any question hit me back..

Originally posted by Mugen_R
weld on a peice of metal then bondo it:rolleyes:


That's how they did mines.. then they installed my door poppers... don't forget them..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by wagsaccordsir
"Wire Fed Welder" that runs off of "Argon Gas"

to be exact its called a MIG welder... and there is gasless versions out there also. just FYI