Thread: Inner wing rust

Some rust converter and then some fibre glass would be a cheap easy fix. If you cant fibre glass there are plenty of tutorials on youtube.

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Dave

That area is a structural part of the body, if you don't intend having a crash or a claim on insurance, fibre glass will be ok, have you checked the other side, Regards frank.

I gotta replace the radio antenna so there's an excuse to look at the other wing too.

Not too worried about insurance loss as its not worth much. In a crash it's got extra crumple/crumble zones, bonus . Structural integrity is important tho....

Reading up I think fibreglass will not hold together for long should body flex offroad.

So I'm thinking of cutting some galv sheet sections and riveting them on over sealant. Should seal well and hold firm. Will add some structural rigidity where lost and easy to remove if anyone ever went back for a weld repair.

Will grind down, rust convert and prime to halt the rot before I decide, but in my mind that seems to be best option so far.

Originally Posted by manic

I gotta replace the radio antenna so there's an excuse to look at the other wing too.

Not too worried about insurance loss as its not worth much. In a crash it's got extra crumple/crumble zones, bonus . Structural integrity is important tho....

Reading up I think fibreglass will not hold together for long should body flex offroad.

So I'm thinking of cutting some galv sheet sections and riveting them on over sealant. Should seal well and hold firm. Will add some structural rigidity where lost and easy to remove if anyone ever went back for a weld repair.

Will grind down, rust convert and prime to halt the rot before I decide, but in my mind that seems to be best option so far.

What side of town are you, if it can get to my place i will assist in welding in new metal.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

What side of town are you, if it can get to my place i will assist in welding in new metal.

Cheers, appreciate the offer. Bayside. I'm hoping I come up with a tidy enough solution in my garage but if I fail miserably I might just take you up on that offer.

Got a few minutes with it today. Wire brushed the loose rust and hit it with some rust converter. Checked the footwell and was relieved to find it in solid form.

Looks like if may have been given some attention in past, bit of surface rust starting so will sand paper, zinc spray and dinitrol.

There are some rubber grommet drain holes which must have helped handle the ingress, is that standard?

Check the body mount just inboard from the rusty vertical row of holes
I'm a bit with frank that looks pretty terminal cancer in the a pillar ...
With that much cancer in that area I would be checking all the body mounts

Body to chassis mount? Underside of the car is rust free, all body mounts that can be eyeballed under there are good.

Overall its in good shape, but this wing has let the team down caused by a small break in the seam seal right at the top where it picks up water off the bottom of windscreen. The moisture worked it's way down along the join and the wings metal corroded away from the A pillar.

Will give the A pillar a more thorough inspection on the dash side but from what I have seen its solid.