Rust on arch advice

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:23 pm

wurlycorner wrote:If it's got noticeably worse in that time, you have water actively getting in there.

I would just ask a body shop what they would want to do to stop it.

They might say it's as much work to cut out that area, fab up a repair patch and weld in, as it is to replace the whole panel with a pre-stamped one?

But the sunroof drains are clear. How is water getting there? I will see what the bodyshop says.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:48 pm

Maybe it wasn't dry when then inner sealing was applied so that moisture is now trapped in there?
Don't know.

Craig_85 · Post by **Craig_85** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:28 am

Rust is always worse and more extensive than what you see. Leave it, or be prepared to spend hundreds.

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:03 am

I am prepared to spend hundreds as I want to keep the car long term. At the same time I want a proper job done so I will speak to a few bodyshops and go from there.