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wtbcneil

New Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #1

hello chaps
i have a hole on my n/s rear wheel arch the bit you see when you open the door my question is do i have to replace the whole panel as acoording to the manual i have to take the complete rear panel off or can i just cut awaythe rusty bit and replace it as needed
thanks

 

battenberg

Well-Known Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #2

hows about a photo?

 

robint

Well-Known Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #3

when i done mine i welded a plate top and bottom just to make sure the doopy fooking mot tester could,nt fail it ........ mind it took some fabricating to keep it the same shape as what was there on the top

 

Dewin

Well-Known Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #4

battenberg said:

hows about a photo?

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Bet ya he's on about here.....

 

dan_vtec

New Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #5

Dewin said:

Bet ya he's on about here.....

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id cut that out and put a piece in, but depends on how good you are with fabricating etc i suppose.

 

oil dripper

Well-Known Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #6

bugger fabricating
Inner Wheel Arch - Please Select L H or Right Hand - MWC4841 40

 

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wtbcneil

New Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #7

Dewin
spot on mate exactly the same even the colour no thats scary
thanks
neil

 

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wtbcneil

New Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #8

i was just going to buy the complete wheel arch part and use the bit i needed

 

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paul_c

New Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #9

Scrape the paint off (wire brush) and see how far the corrosion has gone - the paint looks like its bubbled up and the corroded metal area is about 10x the size of the hole. (This is fairly normal).

 

dan_vtec

New Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #10

oil dripper said:

bugger fabricating
Inner Wheel Arch - Please Select L H or Right Hand - MWC4841 40

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could buy 3 8x4's of tin for that lol

 

GRATCH

HUGE MEMBER

• Sep 7, 2010

• #11

Drill out spot welds,

Cut off where necessary,

Weld new panel on,

Job done, no fookin about fabricating.

 

nrgserv

Well-Known Member

• Sep 7, 2010

• #12

clean it up to find out how bad it really is


bit rough with this one- (and dont have pics of it..) tack weld small lump of 18 guage under hole then fill top full of mig wire. grind back and paint.

aint pretty underneath and pink was the only colour i had to hand.....
obviously with a bit more time....

 

alexdon

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #13

nrgserv said:

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clean it up to find out how bad it really is

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bit rough with this one- (and dont have pics of it..) tack weld small lump of 18 guage under hole then fill top full of mig wire. grind back and paint.

aint pretty underneath and pink was the only colour i had to hand.....
obviously with a bit more time....

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That's not a hole, these are holes

 

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nrgserv

Well-Known Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #14

alexdon said:

That's not a hole, these are holes

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now these are holes.....

 

[JP]

New Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #15

nop.. these are holes..was on my old disco.

 

Mr Noisy

Coming in your ears.

• Sep 8, 2010

• #16

Shoulda taken pics when I was doing mine :screaming_bug_eye_f

 

nrgserv

Well-Known Member

• Sep 9, 2010

• #17

more holes