kurtis9813 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 The rust had eaten into the wheel well, and there was a hole straight into my trunk. http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_1980_zps4efc2d1a.jpg http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_1981_zps2e29c8a8.jpg http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_1982_zps45e240e3.jpg Cut out all the rusted metal, and welded some new sheet metal in on the lower section that the bumper covers and in the wheel well. http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_1984_zps24bd0c47.jpg Welded in the remaining needed replacement metal and shaped it the best I could get it to stock shape. http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_2005_zpsdaa4b45a.jpg After applying and sanding many coats of Bondo. http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_2012_zps68990075.jpg Primer. http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_2013_zps7a17264f.jpg Temporary painting the section flat black. Will be bringing the car to the body shop after winter to get this section repainted. http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_2015_zps3f0e2e5b.jpg Applied a new spray on rubber coating to the inside of the fender well. http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_2016_zps5eb35c87.jpg All done. Not perfect but this was my first attempt at any body work ever. Definitely a big improvement from before. http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag427/kurtflood2342/Legacy%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_2017_zpsfc23e088.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum517 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Kuddos to you, looks good especially for first attempt. I will likely be doing this to mine in the spring as the previous owner patched the same areas with fiberglass and bondo. Looked good when I bought it in June but has rust starting to pop through already. Sent from Mos Eisley using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtis9813 Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 yea the previous owner did "rust repair" on this section about 4 years ago but I think the extent of that repair was just bondo layed over a slightly sanded down rust bubble and the rust just kept spreading on the inside and appeared fine on the outside until the paint stated to bubble last spring. I made sure this time that all the rust infected metal was removed and replaced with nice clean strong sheet metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum517 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Nicely done!! Sent from Mos Eisley using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Nice job! I did a bunch of body work to extend the life of my wagon as well. A few rust bubbles have come back though. But if I didn't do anything it would have had holes everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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