what to do to fill the rest of this patch

[Matt167]

This patch, my brother beat out of some 12ga sheet steel that I cut from the old MB 240D I junked out, it came out good, I pop rivited it in place, but there is still a peice missing, it originally went down, then out, my brother could not recreate this. what can I do? pic of affected area below

[cffisher]

can you give us a shot from a different angel??

[Matt167]

gonna try, b bak in a second.

[Matt167]

how bout 2 it's the lip edge I'm needing to recreate, if that helps any. thanks.

[lt1s10]

can you make fiberglass do what you want?

[cffisher]

Fiberglass is one answer. I think I'd try to take a pc. of metal an old door or hood are good to use. If you don't have a leather bag filled with sand a old army buffle bag with sand can be used with a hammer to form the pc. Or go out in the yard and just beat it into the ground. Get it close then use a dolly and hammer. Don't try to bend it all at once it takes time . Once close weld it in and finish with bondo or fiberglass. The less filler you use the better.

[Matt167]

Thanks guys. I'll try the sand bag trick to form it, if that dosn't work I have some fiberglass supplies left over that I can use.

[FMXhellraiser]

One good product to use if you can't get it with metal is Fuzor! Better than glass, resin and matting.

[southerner]

I was gonna say bog it, buy looking at the area surrounding it, I would try to build up a metal armature first to give it some strength, then put down the fibreglass or bondi

[Matt167]

that's actully what I did, I beat the metal until the gap was almost closed, then got some fiberglass cloth and resin and put it in, then bondo'd overtop.