eatonm90 Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 While doing my normal summer arch clean up I found my first bit of actual perforation rust behind the plastic trim on the passenger side rear. Didn't expect to be welding it already, but I suppose it is 11 years old now. Had to cut it out and make up a patch, seems like water gets into the box section behind and runs inbetween the panels. section cut out and repair section ready All welded and done, had to cut the stud out the old section and weld it onto the new panel from behind before it was welded in. Also drilled a hole into the box section to spray in water dispersant then wax then blanking grommet to seal, so I can now keep an eye on it. Also took the front of the arch back to bare metal round the water drain/back of sill. This had corroded to almost the point of me thinking of cutting it out. Decided to use Fe123 rust coating followed by primer and seam sealer. Will stonechip and wax when dry. Well worth checking these areas out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonk Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Very neat repair. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggalo Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Very professional repair. I checked mine about a month ago, as good as new surprisingly. I swear mine must have been garaged for the last 9 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 As the others have said looks like you've done a very good job with that repair. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_K Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Very neat repair, nicely done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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