I have now cut away my rear arches and now i have big holes. The rear arches were starting to blister so i thought oh ohhhhh here we go all the sills will be on the way out.

 

So i cut upto the curve in the metal to allow for my wheels and fatter tyres to be spaced for the new wide arches. I was surprised how little rust there was. It was pritty much just on the lip. So i got my Lamp to have a look down and all around the sills.

 

Surprise surprise they was not a single bit of rust anywhere. it was just like a brand new car so i am well chuffed. Took out the rear panel inside the car and took out the seatbelts so i can see from the other side and again Nothing :dance:

 

So i got my spray waxoyl and did both sides. its proper gunked up in there now and not a single bit of bare metal anywhere. I have also got the brush on stuff which is really thick. got it in my hand and spred it from the inside all around the drain points. and forced it into all the folds and welds So my car should now pritty much live forever.

 

Really feels like i have got somewhere today and im really pleased. proper over the moon

 

Will post some pics up later once becks downloads them :biggrin:

nice one ... i'm just glad all my sills and arch's are in good order too

 

are u putting on a body kit or making some Metal wide arch's ?

Looking forward to the progress pics.

hurry with the pics mate

nice one ... i'm just glad all my sills and arch's are in good order too

 

are u putting on a body kit or making some Metal wide arch's ?

 

Same kit i have on now. I dont think anyone has seen my rear bumper fitted and the custom arches i have finished. Then im going to to smooth all the skirts door. rear bumper and the arches so it will be a whole new cleaner look with fat tyres :)

 

Its a shame that the lip/fold rusted. the bubbles came threw about 2 weeks after my spray job typical for me :( as the car would of been finished but it will come back bigger and better.

 

Im amazed how everthing else looked new :dance:

hurry with the pics mate

 

Yeah WAITING ! this thread is pointless without pics Dave :yes:

well you cannot see the new arches :tt2: but you will see my big gooie hole :lol::lol:

 

Almost done :)

Here we go

 

First off cover all the cars so i dont get metal shards melting into the body work.

 

 

 

Cut along the line so it gave me about an 1" gap and hammered it down to save me going under the car to grind.

 

 

 

Then i tidied up the line ready for my mate to weld it up

 

 

 

Then just pumped waxoyl everywhere, I took these with my hand inside the sill. you can see the Tbar pipe.

 

 

 

 

Thats it for now. Once the hole is welded up i will then get inside and give everything another coat :)

Not much rust there mate and look forward to this finished it should look great. Keep the pic's comming on updates:thumbup:

not much at all. just on the lip but the arches were seriously stating to bubble, No rust there now :cool3:

 

Ment to take a pic of the bit i cut out,

Are you going to start selling these arches mate?hope your not going to be all selfish and keep them just for your car.lol

Are you going to start selling these arches mate?hope your not going to be all selfish and keep them just for your car.lol

 

 

:yes::tt2:

For Gawds sake be careful when welding em' -all that wax=Barbecue!

Be handy with an Extinghiser mate!

Ive kept it well away from the area we are welding so we should be ok, i hope. youve put doubt in my head now. Its being mig welded and its only going to be a seem weld.

 

Once done from the inside i can spray waxoyl ontop of the weld. Booked in this saturday so some of the vapors should of gone aswell.

found some awsome rust treatment on ebay called aquasteel did all my inner sills with the stuff after i chopped all the old steel away and replaced with the new stuff have a look on ebay matey

to late :lol::lol:

 

Did the passenger side yesterday after work and there was zero rust. not a single microscopic bit :dance:

Doh LOL!! next time round then :biggrin:

From a rust perspective Guys, I was recommended Bilthamber by the bearded brigade when I was renovating the Porsche. Its absolutely stuff.....

All done now guys. all welded together and undersealed and looking good.

 

Oh yeah and we had a Massive fire between the skins. we didnt panic honestly. Flames every where. rear seatbelt is all melted as is the tbar drain pipe and the paint has blisterd on the panel. it was soooo hot we couldnt touch the panel.

 

we did the other side perfectly, I took the seatbelt holder out so i could see inside and eveytime i got a flame i blew it out with the air line so happy days. only cost me £20 :biggrin:

ya been lucky there mate lol

For Gawds sake be careful when welding em' -all that wax=Barbecue!

Be handy with an Extinghiser mate!

 

You were right.

ya been lucky there mate lol

 

Yeah What i think it was, nissan have put that rubber dynamat stuff on as std to help reduce noise etc. That must of set on fire 1st as we only did the top edge. we then went in the garage to get some metal and when we came out the hole thing was on fire lol!!! It looked fine when we left it.

i bet it was panic stations lol, just aswell ya didnt go in for ya dinner, might have been a whole lot worse

Bloody hell yeah. I was shouting John we have a fire!!!! and the dopy bugger just looked at me "What" i grabed the hose pipe and just sprayed everything, its was so hot it was just steaming off.

 

Like you said good job we didnt go off. I would of said 30/1min later the car would of been a gone :eek:

ive seen it done mate, series one escort turbo, bit of welding and the whole thing went up in flames lol

Yeah a few have said that this week lol!!!

 

Here are a few pics

 

Tidying up the weld with a sanding disc on a grinder

 

 

 

The sealed the weld with cure rust

 

 

 

Used plenty of filler to smooth the welds and get a nice inner edge, not finished just a quick snap

 

 

 

Its all been undersealed now but i didnt get a pic? Think abby started crying. will grab one tomorrow