Hi all,

 

How do I check and sort out any rust problems around the rear arch area? IIRC there might be problems from it rusting from the inside out but how do I check?

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

If its a UK car it most certainly will be rusting away from the inside.

Removing the trim beide the rear seats will allow you to look in to the sill arch area. Removing the rear turret trim will give limited access to the inner arch area.

Repairing damage in this area is tedious. Remember at the rear of the sill there are four separate layers of metal .

Repairing damage in this area is tedious. Remember at the rear of the sill there are four separate layers of metal .

 

thanks for that :( ... gonna start stripping mine after Xmas to do a bit of welding, that info makes me even less keen to start :p .

thanks for that ... gonna start stripping mine after Xmas to do a bit of welding, that info makes me even less keen to start .

Yep...

Starting from the outside, there is the rear quarter or sill closer . Next in is the hidden part of the sill.

Next in again is the middle reinforcement panel. The last two of course are invisible till you open up the rear panel. And finally there is the inner sill. This is the one you see one side of inside the car and is the one that houses the captive nut for the seatbelt bolt.

Even J spec cars are now rotting thru the outer panels.

Mike at MJP has outer repair sections available and arch repairs too IIRC.

But however you do it there will be some fabrication required.

Cheers Pete, sounds like a lovely job :(

Cheers Pete, sounds like a lovely job

 

tedious in the extreme.

Nissan have been using a basically similar way of constructing shells right from the 240Z thru the 260/280 and Z31 300.

Its never obvious from the outside how complex the construction actually is.

I have seen 240Zs where nothing was actually left to work to. All the layers had disintigrated. IMO 280Xzs were probably the worst. Some rotting to the point where the rear suspension was not attached any longer to the shell.

Having over the years dismantled well over 20 assorted Zeds(including 4 Z32s) I have gained a fair understanding of how they are constructed and how they self destruct!

280 ZX's are indeed the worst for rotting !! - I've given up on 3 of them and am only keeping my restored 2 Seater as a show car - even that is going to need more undersealing and Waxoyl in the New Year

 

My 300 seems to have escaped it so far - but I try not to look too hard :)

 

 

 

 

tedious in the extreme.

Nissan have been using a basically similar way of constructing shells right from the 240Z thru the 260/280 and Z31 300.

Its never obvious from the outside how complex the construction actually is.

I have seen 240Zs where nothing was actually left to work to. All the layers had disintigrated. IMO 280Xzs were probably the worst. Some rotting to the point where the rear suspension was not attached any longer to the shell.

Having over the years dismantled well over 20 assorted Zeds(including 4 Z32s) I have gained a fair understanding of how they are constructed and how they self destruct!

Does anyone know how much replacement arch panels are?

 

You used to be able to buy granada rear arches for 12 quid each

Yep...

Starting from the outside, there is the rear quarter or sill closer . Next in is the hidden part of the sill.

Next in again is the middle reinforcement panel. The last two of course are invisible till you open up the rear panel. And finally there is the inner sill. This is the one you see one side of inside the car and is the one that houses the captive nut for the seatbelt bolt.

Even J spec cars are now rotting thru the outer panels.

Mike at MJP has outer repair sections available and arch repairs too IIRC.

But however you do it there will be some fabrication required.

 

Been there done that and got the bleedin T-shirt, lol

Done all 4 sections on drivers side and 3 sections on passenger side, to be fair the garage who done said it wern't too bad to do and if yer doing 1 section, best do em all! you'l also probably find the small piece of metal tube that was once was clamped to the targa drain tube is now missing and rotted away, replaced mine with some S/S tube and welded in place, jobs a good un :)

Done the rear arch panel too, again straight forward job for a metal work company rather than a body shop, just had the bodyshop tidy things up once the new section was done and welded in place.

Got all me panels from MJP :dance:

Smithy