Hey man, hope you had a nice vacation. I haven't gotten much done on this for the past few weeks,
so you didnt miss much! Other pressing matters been taking up my time. But I did manage to get in the
garage and finish up the IO hole...
I got an extra front bay cover so I could use it as a patch. So I placed it behind the hole
and traced out the area to be cut, and cut it out.
Sanded off the anodizing and filed the edges til I had a nice snug fit.
A shot of the "nice snug fit"
I taped it from behind and slapped some bondo on it.
Since the patch was a bit thinner material than the case was, I decided to bondo the back side as well.
After it set up, I sanded it down, first using a cheese grater file, then a orbital sander.
Then I used the bay cover as my drill guide, and drilled out the holes.
Done! Can barely tell it was even there. Once the primer is on, it will disappear completely.