'repairing' arch

[Connor]

well my loon has a crappy arch, and seeing as the car cost me 100 pound and is just my daily hack i cba to get a proper arch repair panel,
i cut out all of the sof bits and the arch thats left is solid.
What i ask is how would you go about repairing this without having the replace the arch
i was thinking of tacking plates behind the gaps and because there will be a step, fiberglassing and smoothing it out on the outside?

Note the arch looks worse in pictures due to being primered ages ago, just so the bare metal wasnt exposed

[daleNOVAbrennan]

id just make plates and weld flush with a bit if bodge(filler) skimed over it

[Gibbo]

do what you said mate tacking plates behind the gaps and because there will be a step, fiberglassing and smoothing it out on the outside

[daleNOVAbrennan]

do what you said mate tacking plates behind the gaps and because there will be a step, fiberglassing and smoothing it out on the outside

thats pointless in my own opinion if the rest of the arch is solid, make plates and weld flush, needing minimum filler, why make more work for yourself by slapping loads of fiberglass into it.

[Connor]

okay just making sure it didnt sound like a stoooooopid idea,
i am happy now, so will crack on

[Connor]

thats pointless in my own opinion if the rest of the arch is solid, make plates and weld flush, needing minimum filler, why make more work for yourself by slapping loads of fiberglass into it.

Only reason being to tack it from behind as it would be more tricky trying to trim plates to fit exactly (in the awkward) gaps, so take behind and fiberglass it, as slapping on fiber glass on a 3mm step is not difficult, and imo to me would look neater for me to do it that way, as i would have a feeling i would really c0ck up the flush welding method, just my opinion

[MK999]

Only reason being to tack it from behind as it would be more tricky trying to trim plates to fit exactly (in the awkward) gaps, so take behind and fiberglass it, as slapping on fiber glass on a 3mm step is not difficult, and imo to me would look neater for me to do it that way, as i would have a feeling i would really c0ck up the flush welding method, just my opinion

Cut the "awkward" gaps up straight then.

[Connor]

i hate cutting more arch away though it makes me

[daleNOVAbrennan]

using fiberglass and filler as little as possible is always the best option

[daleNOVAbrennan]

i hate cutting more arch away though it makes me

you would have to get rid off ALL the rust anyway to avoid its return