My car is bubbling up on the sills, the crap weather and the fact it lives outside hasn't helped so need to bite the bullet, the rust is one patch on the nearside front wing, the back ends of both sills and behind the wheels where stones have kicked up.
Inside the sills looks ok, down the long box section as had an endoscopic cam in there, the rust seems confined to the back of the sills but appreciate it may be the tip of the iceberg, had a look and a prod during the mot and nothing jumped out, seemed solid so hoping it is just the single skin, the bits behind the wheels look cosmetic and the front wing looks easy, plan is to cut out and replace the rot, then protect it, then send it to a pro for paint.
Am practising my welding on old panels so I can let metal in slowly and not warp anything.
Have a basic clarke mig, seems ok, going to get an auto helmet as all that flipping up and down drives me mad.
Have some steel from our fiat 500 we used for that, would like a shopping list of what's needed otherwise to do the repairs, I am not sending it in anywhere, if it's horrendous it gets broken for spares but I don't think that will be the case, if it is, will buy a Boxster as they don't seem to rust, even if the engines eat themselves.
So, how can I protect it so it doesn't need doing again, any products that will help.
Am deferring the belts until after this, will do the body and if it is all ok, then straight in for belts as i don't fancy that job.
Car is a 91 S2 cab
Inside the sills looks ok, down the long box section as had an endoscopic cam in there, the rust seems confined to the back of the sills but appreciate it may be the tip of the iceberg, had a look and a prod during the mot and nothing jumped out, seemed solid so hoping it is just the single skin, the bits behind the wheels look cosmetic and the front wing looks easy, plan is to cut out and replace the rot, then protect it, then send it to a pro for paint.
Am practising my welding on old panels so I can let metal in slowly and not warp anything.
Have a basic clarke mig, seems ok, going to get an auto helmet as all that flipping up and down drives me mad.
Have some steel from our fiat 500 we used for that, would like a shopping list of what's needed otherwise to do the repairs, I am not sending it in anywhere, if it's horrendous it gets broken for spares but I don't think that will be the case, if it is, will buy a Boxster as they don't seem to rust, even if the engines eat themselves.
So, how can I protect it so it doesn't need doing again, any products that will help.
Am deferring the belts until after this, will do the body and if it is all ok, then straight in for belts as i don't fancy that job.
Car is a 91 S2 cab
