So one of the only rust problems on the car was the passenger side wing, and it's completely shot near the bumper. Now I got a "good" wing with the car but in my opinion use of the word good is a bit of a stretch!
So issues with the "good" wing
Dent
1-dent.jpg
Stuck on nut/bolt, with damaged threads.
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And finally rust, lots of rust.
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Starting point was to grind off the nut/bolt, then grind away the rivet nuts as they were hiding a fair amount of rust and looked very old & shot!
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After that a good wash & degrease.
So first up was to remove the dent. Think I got about 95% out. After sanding back there is only a small bit left which I should be able to remove with high build primer.
7-dent.jpg
Next up stripping the rust away, I use the nylon brushes as they don't damage the surface of the panel and remove paint & rust nicely. Down side is they are not cheap.
9-tools.jpg
I've removed about 20% of the rust so far and the rest will be sorted tomorrow
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It's no wonder when I ever I go and get a quote from a body shop the price always appears to be very high. So far I'm about 4 hours into a single panel. what with removing all the rusted nuts & rivets, trim pieces, clear plastic strips, wash & degrease, dent removal and I've no where near removed all the rust. which I think will be at least another 2 hours. Then the hole panel will need to be rubbed down which will be another 1-2 hours. So I would say it's going to take the best part of a day just to prep this one panel for paint!
So issues with the "good" wing
Dent
1-dent.jpg
Stuck on nut/bolt, with damaged threads.
2-stuck.jpg
And finally rust, lots of rust.
3-rust.jpg
4-rust.jpg
5-rust.jpg
6-rust.jpg
Starting point was to grind off the nut/bolt, then grind away the rivet nuts as they were hiding a fair amount of rust and looked very old & shot!
10-nuts.jpg
After that a good wash & degrease.
So first up was to remove the dent. Think I got about 95% out. After sanding back there is only a small bit left which I should be able to remove with high build primer.
7-dent.jpg
Next up stripping the rust away, I use the nylon brushes as they don't damage the surface of the panel and remove paint & rust nicely. Down side is they are not cheap.
9-tools.jpg
I've removed about 20% of the rust so far and the rest will be sorted tomorrow
11-clean.jpg
12-clean.jpg
13-clean.jpg
It's no wonder when I ever I go and get a quote from a body shop the price always appears to be very high. So far I'm about 4 hours into a single panel. what with removing all the rusted nuts & rivets, trim pieces, clear plastic strips, wash & degrease, dent removal and I've no where near removed all the rust. which I think will be at least another 2 hours. Then the hole panel will need to be rubbed down which will be another 1-2 hours. So I would say it's going to take the best part of a day just to prep this one panel for paint!
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