Bare Metal + Bondo= Rust?!

you live in socal, life for a car cant get much better than being here in this nice dry environment

you're a bit of a douchebag for not asking before doing, but hey.. we all make mistakes.

personally, i would've sealed anything that was bare metal with etching primer, then done whatever you want to do (fill or paint) after that. however, i wouldnt EVER fill panels like that with filler - i just think its stupid and useless.

another member made a good point, i think it was s14db, that the seam sealer is important to keeping panels together. i removed seam sealer from various sections of my chassis but reinforced everything by having it stitch-welded after. then, the entire chassis was primed and painted. NOW, for the past couple months i've been working on the undercarriage and have been brushing and removing dirt from the wheel wells and undercarriage. sections that were stitch welded had burned through the vehicle's undercoating and need to be re-coated before subjected to the elements. i think a lot of people forget this when doing race-prep like stitch-welding, they take care of coating the interior with paint but never coat the undercarriage.. i wouldnt be surprised if people ran into big problems later.

for now, i'de rock your setup a bit and be very cautious. to start over would be very time consuming, so just rock it until things start to fall apart (which they probably will). filler will crack, seams will separate... fuckit, just rebuilt it. chances are, the socal weather will not harm your car. just avoid driving in the rain and keep the car stored indoors.