there are several spots on my car that rust has eaten through. what is the best way to go about sealing these back up?
Help Rust is eating my car
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Best way? (especially for areas eaten through)
cutting out the rusted areas and welding new pieces of metal in place
or welding in the parts form another donor car
cutting out the rusted areas and welding new pieces of metal in place
or welding in the parts form another donor car
Ummm I cant give you any authoritative advice on that,
I'd imagine sheet metal (steel).
That, then you weld it in, sand down the welds (or not) and coat it with rust preventative stuff, I've read POR15 is great, then paint it.
Do a bit of research, there's TONS of stuff out there (on this forum!) on this.
Especially: find some threads on here where people TOTALLY tear down and rebuild their cars from the chassis up-thats where a lot of rust removal stuff is covered.
I'd imagine sheet metal (steel).
That, then you weld it in, sand down the welds (or not) and coat it with rust preventative stuff, I've read POR15 is great, then paint it.
Do a bit of research, there's TONS of stuff out there (on this forum!) on this.
Especially: find some threads on here where people TOTALLY tear down and rebuild their cars from the chassis up-thats where a lot of rust removal stuff is covered.
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lol awesome because my dad use to put up metal buildings and might have some extra laying around. if that would work. I was thinking about putting the rhino liner stuff in my wheel well because its starting to rust through the protective cover thing.
If you've never done body work than just turn away...These cars have an uncanny way of truly disintegrating once the rust starts in. The rust you can see is usually only a small percentage of the problem. If you aren't a pro or haven't had years of experience working metal than the only thing your attempts at repairs will do is speed up the spread. Sorry to be so bleak, but I've just sent my car to the scrapper after repairing rust for 6 months in the garage...I've been working metal and doing bodywork for 15 years and the Supra got the best of me.
These cars are plentiful enough that spending much time fixing rust is rather pointless...just buy another shell from the south and call it good.
These cars are plentiful enough that spending much time fixing rust is rather pointless...just buy another shell from the south and call it good.
I have rust to fix too....