front fender rust - near sill.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:04 am
One of the issues with this car - and all my others actually - is rust about the front fenders, at the sill level - this is where road muck gets caught against the inner wheel well liner, creating a nice spot for this muck to accumulate, and with constant wetting eventually it causes rust from the inside out to the fender.
If you are smart enough to catch it + clean out the inner liner, then you can prevent the sill corner from rusting too.
Well I took the fender off today ( Right side)
and lucky me the sill corner has signs of rust
so I wire brushed, grinded and sanded the surface to see how bad it was. - its got holes
I also attacked the fender with the abrasives to see how bad it is.
I suppose its not too bad, maybe a bit of metal patching is all it needs
nope - back side is very rusty and part of the support fame has completely gone
My options I suppose are;
1. to fill the area with fibreglass, then sand and paint over
2. cut out the rusty areas and replace with new metal
Im favouring cutting out rust and replacing with new metal
I have another fender thats got a reasonable support pieces, so I'l take a template off to make a duplicate.
So I started.
card clamped to metal, marked then cut out, then repeated.
2 pieces laid out
Im wondering if a flexible shape pattern maybe the way to go?
Metal Fabrication: How to make a Flexible Shape Pattern and Gauges by Wray Schelin's ProShaper Workshop
"https://www.youtube.com/embed/y-JQgPm4_7s"
If you are smart enough to catch it + clean out the inner liner, then you can prevent the sill corner from rusting too.
Well I took the fender off today ( Right side)
and lucky me the sill corner has signs of rust
so I wire brushed, grinded and sanded the surface to see how bad it was. - its got holes
I also attacked the fender with the abrasives to see how bad it is.
I suppose its not too bad, maybe a bit of metal patching is all it needs
nope - back side is very rusty and part of the support fame has completely gone
My options I suppose are;
1. to fill the area with fibreglass, then sand and paint over
2. cut out the rusty areas and replace with new metal
Im favouring cutting out rust and replacing with new metal
I have another fender thats got a reasonable support pieces, so I'l take a template off to make a duplicate.
So I started.
card clamped to metal, marked then cut out, then repeated.
2 pieces laid out
Im wondering if a flexible shape pattern maybe the way to go?
Metal Fabrication: How to make a Flexible Shape Pattern and Gauges by Wray Schelin's ProShaper Workshop
"https://www.youtube.com/embed/y-JQgPm4_7s"