rusty arches

[swedge]

bought a tigra cheap as chips, it needs afew things done to it and one of them being a rusty arch

apparently you cant get repair panels and i dont want to replace the full quarter

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/swedge87/6a1b0613.jpg

what i thought i could do it repair the inner arch which is easy enough and bend some metal i have lying around to fit round the lip, cut out the rust and use my joggler around the edge so i can get it as smooth as possible then grind of the welds and a skim of filler

any other ideas?

[MK1_Ben]

Go to a Scrapyard and cut out a suitable replacement section would be your best bet.

[paul james]

Thats a pretty small area to fix by the look of it. I would just weld in a new bit of metal from behind, hammer it into shape roughly and use some fibreglass filler on top to get the right shape.

[swedge]

Thats a pretty small area to fix by the look of it. I would just weld in a new bit of metal from behind, hammer it into shape roughly and use some fibreglass filler on top to get the right shape.

thats what i was thinking as its not to keep its just to sell on

[nova_saloon]

it will be easier to make up a patch and patch it then do an entire quarter!

[wwmnw]

When did Vauxhall start rust proofing their cars? If they have at all.

[brainsnova]

If they went the rust prevention route mk1 astras would still be solid and new car sales would drop.

[swedge]

and now we have this

gave it a quick sand and a blast over with primer, obviosuly needs more sanding and another light skim of filler

i had to repair the inner arch firstso i had a lip to weld to then slid another piece under the outer arch and welded that in

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/swedge87/aa3e0069.jpg

[turbojolt]

Looks good mate