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nsxt2000
10-03-2007, 03:42 AM
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A friend has a 2004 MDX. It is a beautiful SUV. Beautiful that is from the front, from the left side, from the right side, and probably from the top. However, the rear is a different story. Unfortunately my friend backed into a pole. However being the resourceful and somewhat frugal type, rather than take it to a body shop he figured he could do the job himself. This fellow is a professional engineer and a graduate of the “North Avenue Trade School”, also know as The Georgia Institute of Technology. (Tech is located on North Avenue, hence the disparaging reference).

Using a couple of screws and a little epoxy he performed the repair and under the circumstances not too shabby a job. I guess in the automotive vernacular you could say it is a 20 footer”. That is to say that from 20 feet it looks fine. Better make that 50 feet.

I guess that works for him and it is a conversation starter. For me I will stick with a body shop.

-Mike S.

Jack FFR1846
10-03-2007, 06:18 PM
Tell him to find some colored rivets. Replace each screw with a colored rivet that's as close to the part color as he can find. The drill 2 more holes on the other side of the car and put rivets in the exact location there so it's symmetrical. Someone looking at the car will not notice that anything's amiss because it'll look like it is supposed to be there.

jack (another engineer....but from Virginia Tech instead of GT)

nsxt2000
10-03-2007, 07:17 PM
Actually that it a pretty good idea to make it symetrical. You will still have to deal with the crack in the lower left corner. That could be a problem short of replacing the valance. I still vote to spend the money to get it done right.

Go Hokies! (Check out www.collegefootballdiscussions.com).