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mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:09 pm

expanding foam really!!!!!! you know that stuff holds water don't you so your car will be totally rotten in a couple of months

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:11 pm

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:15 pm

nut missing off the upper control arm! Wtf?!

at the body repair...
(seriously though, do you have to repair a hole like that to get the equivalent of an mot over there?

)

Glad to hear you're still enjoying the car.

BlackShadow · Post by **BlackShadow** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:55 pm

It used to be that you couldn't have a hole on the floor or trunk pans because fumes could get in. A hole in the outer panel was okay as long as the inner panels weren't holed. Now they are tightening up on it. Any holes have to be patched. I used foam simply to pass the inspection. When the time comes it will be patched properly. Before putting the foam in. I doused the area inside and out with vinegar to kill as much of the existing rust as I could.

She'll be fixed properly some day.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:00 pm

Um, the in-dash screen - isn't that just a mobile phone wedged in the dash??

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:17 pm

bb1boy wrote:Um, the in-dash screen - isn't that just a mobile phone wedged in the dash??

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:20 pm

mercutio wrote:expanding foam really!!!!!! you know that stuff holds water don't you so your car will be totally rotten in a couple of months

Polyurethane expanding foam is closed cell, so it's waterproof/doesn't absord water.
(The closed cell structure will eventually start to break down and at that point starts becoming porous, but that's quite some time off). So thinking about it

This is actually quite a good quick fix?

If not the most aesthetically pleasing!

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:59 pm

its closed cell as long as you don't touch it after its spreayed on the minute you cust it to shape it or remove excess its now open and will degrade and quickly

BlackShadow · Post by **BlackShadow** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:15 pm

Valve adjustment... my poor back..

Then gave her a quick once over with some Meguiars ultimate compound...

I think she looks rather respectable now.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:34 pm

Nice work and that's some very decent shine there!

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