It is common for the decklids on this generation vw to rust along the strip below the license plate. I don't know exactly why it is but I replaced a rusted one and shaved the emblem before painting it for the car. This decklid was one that came with a spoiler from the factory and the person I got it from tried to weld the holes shut to remove the spoiler. In the process he warped the top and then tried to fix it. Needless to say, his body working skills were not the best and it was not even so I redid it all. There were a couple dents that I also filled in. I figured using this decklid rather than a good one that was not warped or dented would be good for practice at body work. I spent a good deal of time on this but did not really keep track of how long it took.

I am gonna have to split this project in 2 posts to show all the pics along the way since we are limited 10 per post. If this is not ok then mods please let me know or join the two posts. Thanks.

To start, this is how the decklid was when I got it.
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All my sanding was done with a 3 inch 3M sanding block which I should have used longer one's in places like on the back.

I cut out around the emblem as it is easier to weld a filler piece in. I didn't have to do it this way but eh oh well.
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After that was welded, I moved on to the filler and sanding.
My initial putty job:
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I still had a low spot towards the middle. Guess my metal was not beveled out enough.
Second layer of filler to build up the middle.
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I then sanded that to a thin layer before putting my final coat on to even it all out.
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I changed between my hardener color so I could see the low spots I had. Kind of cool to see what you couldn't before but what you could feel with your hand.

Next was to fill two dents in the center of the decklid.
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After those I filled in to little dents near the front driver side edge. Again these were easy and untouched before hand.
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