r/Diyautobody

As you can see, the headlight cover is bashed out and the plastic housing around it has cracks as well, following a collision. I am wondering if i could replace it myself, as I’ve bought a replacement assembly from the exact same model at a junkyard for only 200$CAD (150 USD). Mechanics have been quoting me triple for that part alone, plus like $400 for the labour, so yeah. I know it can be a bit of a pain to replace in terms of removing stuff around the assembly, HOWEVER the advantage for me is that the wheel well and bumper liner underneath, on top of the headlight cover, have already fallen out lol, so everything is already opened up. The hood and bumper are a bit misaligned now, which i guess could either facilitate the task , or alternatively relieve the pressure to make it perfect?

That being said, I’m a total amateur, but I enjoy learning how to do to my own repairs and have a lot of patience and obsessiveness around research on my side lol.
Any advice appreciated!!

Mazda6 2010 I sport

Two holes about the circumference of a finger and finger nail definitely catches. Or is it easier to go through a shop for this much damage. Tight parking garages for bad special awareness is not a good mix

Keen DIYer looking for advice how I might be able to reduce this dent somewhat.

Unknown cause. Bought it like this.

Got a ton of failing clear coat so wouldn't mind prepping it for respray. I have some experience with body filler, but none with dent pulling.

Literally any improvement possible to minimise filler. I am not delusional enough to expect to be able to return it to factory condition.

2005 Subaru Legacy sedan for reference.

Any and all advice appreciated. Thank you!

I am looking for a cheap way to fix this rust on my truck. Planning on replacing the bed eventually so I don’t care if it doesn’t last as long as it looks better than this thanks.

I followed a Chris fix diy rust repair video. I followed everything in the video but it seems I was unable to get the new paint to blend with the old paint.

After letting the clear coat cure for about 50 hours, I wet sanded using 1500, then 2000, then 2500, then 5000 grit sandpaper with a sponge as a sanding block. I did sand past the newly painted section to attempt blending. Then I polished it with a wool polishing hook and loop pad on an orbital.

I’m trying to figure out if I didn’t sand enough of the clear coat (which might explain the white haze), or if I need to use more polish? Or maybe there is something else I did wrong. The textured orange peel did go away and right now it feels smooth. I did use folded papers for a softer paint line but to me it looks harsh still. I’m thinking of starting over on the wet sanding process but I’m not sure if that would make me burn through the clear coat?

Also I know there’s a big hole there but I had to make it work with my budget, limited timeframe, and unskilled abilities😅

If you have any idea how I can get this to blend better please let me know!

Hello everyone 👋

Here Is my 2015 Leon fr with a possible small/big problem if anyone knows how, so the sunvisor under the pan roof has snapped off the rails on both ends unfortunately as you can see from the picture, I wondered if anyone knew if its a capable thing to do yourself or would it be better paying a specialist to replace or remove, I wouldnt be bothered if it was removed fully but can be handy if I still had it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as its been broken a while and been fine having the roof just shut but the visor is the problem, the motor and pan roof has no problems at all its just if the visor isnt sat right in position then the roof wont shut fully.

I did some research myself but couldnt find any videos on it at all so any help would be great

Cheers and thank you 🙂