What is it with some people..
Don't need you to tell me what I should do with my car. I am quite proud of what I did to this car within the parameters I described. The car is fine and will last a long time . Yes, you can legitimately do a " no weld " build on a car with extensive rust damage if the frame and structural members are in good condition especially if there is no collision damage.
If a person wants to spend thousands of dollars on trunk extensions and patch panels to get started on a different route , that is fine also. Then you can pick apart their work for not drilling spot welds , overlapping metal or whatever else you think makes you look smarter.
There's another world out here beyond your bubble and a person doesn't have to do things your way to preserve their car and get it looking good. They may wish to spend their money elsewhere on the car .
You have no credibility when you say " As someone that worked in a professional shop, and has repaired the EXACT same BS as what you're doing, " I doubt you've seen a fiberglass/bondo repair done on this scale that was treated and sealed from the elements.
Yep, a 30 day ban, makes a single post to his own thread and then immediately resumes in the thread that led to the ban and jumps into other threads to make digs at my multicolor car for no reason whatsoever other than I called out his shoddy work before. So much for a cool down.
You are doing more harm than good. As someone that worked in a professional shop, and has repaired the EXACT same BS as what you're doing, I can absolutely, positively say without any doubt that the work you did on that car of yours will make it harder for the next owner to repair it correctly than if you had literally done nothing. And worse, the work that the car needed before your "repairs" was obvious. The work it STILL needs now is hidden, and will take seeing the car in person to fully identify.
As far as the "situation and circumstances", if you have these
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Then the situation is you either lack the skills to do this repair, in which case, you either need to learn, walk away, or pay somebody, OR, you have the skills, but are flipping the car to make a quick profit and screw the next guy in the process.
You can't legitimately do a "no weld" build on a car that needs extensive rust repair. You can absolutely do a low budget build on that car IF you can weld or are willing to learn, especially since you already had the replacement panels, but you have to put in the time and effort. Effort and integrity are clearly the "circumstances" that are the problem here.
Don't need you to tell me what I should do with my car. I am quite proud of what I did to this car within the parameters I described. The car is fine and will last a long time . Yes, you can legitimately do a " no weld " build on a car with extensive rust damage if the frame and structural members are in good condition especially if there is no collision damage.
If a person wants to spend thousands of dollars on trunk extensions and patch panels to get started on a different route , that is fine also. Then you can pick apart their work for not drilling spot welds , overlapping metal or whatever else you think makes you look smarter.
There's another world out here beyond your bubble and a person doesn't have to do things your way to preserve their car and get it looking good. They may wish to spend their money elsewhere on the car .
You have no credibility when you say " As someone that worked in a professional shop, and has repaired the EXACT same BS as what you're doing, " I doubt you've seen a fiberglass/bondo repair done on this scale that was treated and sealed from the elements.