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Just an update: The first door I fixed with epoxy had some failures. Seems like the expansion/contraction rate of the expoxy is much different than the door. I was able to redo that door with the bondo and its all fixed now. The other door that I originally fixed with bondo is holding up great...

Yep, multiple positive transactions with the guy!

See the pictures in the 3rd post of this thread. Its hard to tell if that crack near the top hinge is structural or just the paint. But I feel better now that its repaired with the reinforced bondo. It didnt want to flex there before or after the repair, but better safe than sorry I suppose.

That probably would have been fine for most of it, but some of the cracks were around the top hinge and I wanted the repair to add structural strength. I think the reinforced bondo did this well.

There were only a few spots that had exposed fibers. I cleaned them thoroughly with acetone and let them dry, before going directly over it with bondo. I used etching primer on the bondo before paint.

Regretably I don't have many good before pictures except for a couple from the ebay listing. I attached them here for reference. Also, I will mention that this is still a work in progress because the window frames are not done yet, and the drivers side rear door still needs a latch installed...

Just wanted to post some pics of a set of x doors I recently restored. I don't know what I'm doing and there was a ton of trial and error, but in the end I think it turned out pretty good. I got some really beat up X doors for cheap on ebay. The two rear doors were pretty good except for some...