Showing posts with label rust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rust. Show all posts

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Rust repairs

I'm simply not up to some repairs and cutting out rusty bits and welding mean I had to leave it to the professionals.
Black Edge in Bayswater, like all body shops, aren't cheap, but I've found that they're very thorough. The Val had a lot more rust than initial inspection suggested so it was a lot of money and two weeks without the car, but she's as solid as new now.
Three areas were attended to:
1. Left rear panel (inner and outer)
2. Right rear panel (inner and outer)
3. Plenum/firewall.

#3 is really really common, and I think that living at Torquay for nearly four years made all of these much worse than they should have been.

The rear panels can be bought from a place in Queensland for $125 a piece. The guys told me it was much cheaper buying these than getting them to make them.

This was a few weeks ago. Yes I've been neglecting maintenance issues, mainly due to financial constraints. The weekend just gone I did another job that's been hanging about for a few years.