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I'm thinking about doing that to my Mk1 as well mate but just wanted to see how other folk in the same situation as me are going about it - My Mk1 had 2 bits of rot underneath (behind the back shockers) and that was all the corrosion it had but the usual round the drainage holes on the chassis legs the Underseal is coming away so that'll all be cleaned up and Kurusted etc then blattered with Schutz or Stonechip then maybe painted red
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In the long run you would be better off removing all of the rubbery factory sh!t mate. Even where it looks fine, trust me it will be hiding more surface rust.
Remember, I have an S reg car that has been SORN for 5 years so is effectively a 2003 lol. That was hiding a few surface surprises beneath the underseal, and that's on a galvanised body!
In all honesty, every corroded/rusty holed bit I found was due to the underseal being damaged one way or another, which had allowed water ingress. From there it made the underseal flake or peel away. I wire brushed all the arches and underside with no further flaking or damaged areas coming up. So according to that I concluded that the rest of the underside was good. The guy confirmed.
If I had noticed these little areas earlier then I wouldn't have allowed it to go like that.
One question: Why does the drivers wheels well have a great big hole in it? Is this to be able to maneuver the aerial into position? if so, then I'll tell him to plate that up, as I have no aerial. I can see it causing problems in the future.
Aye it will be the aerial inspection hole mate...My Mk2 Nova rotted that bit out and the aerial dropped out the car lol
lol
No aerial means no hole.
Thanks ;)
I know you wont change your mind, but on my mk2 i stripped the arches bare of underseal, Behind the underseal was loads of very small rusting marks where it was just starting, Not visible from the other neather, so it was just behind the underseal and there was no peeling underseal at all
After seeing that i would never leave old underseal on now.
UPDATE
It's been a few days since the last update, but this'll be the best update I've done, so far
As I arrived the guys pulled the Nova out of the oven, after giving it a few good coats of 2K primer. They wanted to let the primer dry for about a day and a half. So once it had dried in the oven they'd let it sit outside at room temp. This was to make sure that the paint adhered to the filler and the old paint underneath.
Here are the pics as I went round the car:
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Pics of the arches rolled up. The guys left a few mm gap between the inside of the arch and the lip. This was to reduce the risk of the arch lip cracking where it folds and to be able to seal the lip to the inside of the arch better.
https://images2.imgbox.com/02/38/MHajATeb_o.jpg
One thing is for sure, there's miles more clearance now, yay! ^ Not the best pic but you get the point!
As I left the garage
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The bay hasn't been done as it'll need the stitch welding done and strengthening plates to be fitted.
The lads said some very minor stopper was needed in a few areas as the primer had showed up some slight imperfections. Once that's been done they'll go ahead and apply primer to those areas and any areas missed, then flat the primer down ready for paint.
It looked so nice in primer, was a nice sight.
its looking :cool: nice progress :thumb:
Thanks :thumb:
looking good mate cant wait to see it painted...what rims she having on