hey i have a 90 turbo supra and it has a good amount of rust comming up from the left rear quarter panel right above the wheel. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and have fixed it. i noticed you cant just take off the panel and replace it and im asking for suggestions on how deal with this.
how to fix this rust?
- Thread starter corewitz
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What I did was sandblast it, then patch it, and then use fiberfill....then primer and paint.
It came out beautifull ......... look
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2227103
Joe
It came out beautifull ......... look
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2227103
Joe
Do you want the right way or the wrong way? Do you want to do the work yourself? How long do you want the fix to last? You dont have a picture so I am not sure how bad it is. Do you just have surface rust or a hole? The right way if you have a rust hole or weak metal is to cut it out and put a patch pannel in, grind down the welds, light putty, and primer paint/clear. The right way costs money and probibly should not be attemped if you are not sure on what you are doing. If its just surface rust the quick way is to clean up the rust I mean sand it down or sandblast it until its metal then some anti rust solution stuff that doesnt work, light putty (no bondo) or spot putty, and primer paint/clear. The rust probibly will come back but not for a while. Now if you have a hole and want to do it the cheap ass i will never tell anyone I did this way. Cut out the weak metel. Go buy some sheat metal that is thin enough to bend how you need. Cut it so it fits inside the rust hole rivit that piece of metal in place behind car metal, grind down the rivits so you can barley see them but so they still hold. Putty it up (no bondo) sand then prime paint clear. This should cover todays lesson of how to be a wanta be body man.
Good luck and if you have anyother questions we are all here to help!!!!
Da Soup
Good luck and if you have anyother questions we are all here to help!!!!
Da Soup
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da89Soup is dead on. Cut it out, and weld in the new. I had a local body shop do rust work on my back wheel wells, they did not cut out the rust. Rust came back in less than a year. I had them redo it at no cost, came back again in less than a year. CUT THAT CANCER OUT.
You must cut it out to get rid of it. I just finnished doing rust repair on my friends mk3. How big is the rust area?, I actually have a patch I made that I didnt use for his car. It matches the body lines and curve of the arch perfectly. Its about 5.5" long and about 2" tall. Let me know if you want it.