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Left hand on mine isn't bad, and right is worse buy only outside. Was quoted nearly grand for both. Insane amount. As another guy quotes me £150 a side.
I think a grand for both is pretty reasonable, over here in Germany I was quoted €2k a side and that was by a neighbour friend of mine who runs a bodyshop.
Scoobyclinic are doing inner and outer arches on both sides.
After just repairing my near side strut turret area and a bit on the arches, i think alot of people dont realise how bad the rust is.
If you have visible rust on the outside, prepare for treble the amount on the inner panel, once you start breaking away the metal it sure spreads !!
My rear arches had only started going on the inner panel so was lucky, a bit of cutting back and repairing the inner only should hopefully stem the rot for some more yrs.
Also the area inside the boot , under the carpet at the back left and right is quite thin so you can easily have rust underneath that can penetrate the boot floor pan once you start looking for it all
That's not really true. Mine has rust on the arch. I had a body shop look at it they checked all around the strut and said they had a P1 in where it had gone all around top of strut. Mine was fine. My rust has started from the lip and gone outwards. Some has gone onwards but not too far.
Originally Posted by The Rig
After just repairing my near side strut turret area and a bit on the arches, i think alot of people dont realise how bad the rust is.
If you have visible rust on the outside, prepare for treble the amount on the inner panel, once you start breaking away the metal it sure spreads !!
My rear arches had only started going on the inner panel so was lucky, a bit of cutting back and repairing the inner only should hopefully stem the rot for some more yrs.
Also the area inside the boot , under the carpet at the back left and right is quite thin so you can easily have rust underneath that can penetrate the boot floor pan once you start looking for it all
That's not really true. Mine has rust on the arch. I had a body shop look at it they checked all around the strut and said they had a P1 in where it had gone all around top of strut. Mine was fine. My rust has started from the lip and gone outwards. Some has gone onwards but not too far.
I would suggest taking the inner rear wheel arch liners off and having a look for yourself, forward of the fuel filler and rear wheel brace holder, you maybe surprised.
Also take the plastic cover off the fuel filler. They go like F#*k too.
As above., dont care if the body shop guys says its all good, if you get bubbling showing on the outside there is a lot more rust going on inside.
My strut turret passed every year no problem and probbaly would of kept passing, a gentle tap and poke revealed nothing, it was only when i put proper pressure onto the metal i could hear it creaking and cracking, after 20 mins of finger bleeding i had found this
Not saying your car is rotten but dont go by what you cant see
As above., dont care if the body shop guys says its all good, if you get bubbling showing on the outside there is a lot more rust going on inside.
My strut turret passed every year no problem and probbaly would of kept passing, a gentle tap and poke revealed nothing, it was only when i put proper pressure onto the metal i could hear it creaking and cracking, after 20 mins of finger bleeding i had found this
Not saying your car is rotten but dont go by what you cant see
Ok will have a look. I have receipts from new of the extras like under body seal protection etc so I'm sure that's helped. Not sure if that prevent wheel arch rust.
Originally Posted by The Rig
As above., dont care if the body shop guys says its all good, if you get bubbling showing on the outside there is a lot more rust going on inside.
My strut turret passed every year no problem and probbaly would of kept passing, a gentle tap and poke revealed nothing, it was only when i put proper pressure onto the metal i could hear it creaking and cracking, after 20 mins of finger bleeding i had found this
Not saying your car is rotten but dont go by what you cant see
Its a weird one, mine must of set in over in japan as ive owned the classic 11 yrs now and i undersealed it from the 1st month i had it and every year after that, i reckpon the layers of underseal kept it together all this time ha but the rot must of been in the metal all those yrs ago as theres no way it could of started to rust since i had it as i say with all that underseal on it
They tend to rot from the inside out so no amount of underseal will help, Remove the boot liners on each side and scare yourself. Paint on my arches and underseal inside the wheel arch were intact but had rusted through from the other side.
They tend to rot from the inside out so no amount of underseal will help, Remove the boot liners on each side and scare yourself. Paint on my arches and underseal inside the wheel arch were intact but had rusted through from the other side.
was very lucky my arches didnt need replacements in the end but my fabricator said they were trash anyway, far too flimsy and thin. Binned them in the end, as they wouldnt accept a return (unused) and eBay wouldnt refund me also.
I thought this might be of interest to the enthusiasts here.
The rear arch replacements sold on Ebay tend to be wafer thin. Which is OK if you are a chav that wants to botch something.
My friend has sourced replacement arches and sills which are the same thickness as the originals. So if any of you are thinking of doing a proper repair job/restoration job on a classic let me know and I will put you in touch with him.
Cheers
Steve
i have PM’d you Steve I know it’s an old post but 🤞
