bloodMoney

#91

My nemesis has returned for my Abby....

As it turns out, this is the reason why the wheel wells rust out back here. The wheel well is shingled the wrong way and when the water pools in between the 'rustproofing' and the inner wheel well, water can make its way into the rear arches.

In fact, it rained so hard last weekend on our way home from MI, that when I got home, I had to vacuum out not only the jack mount area but the whole spare tire well too....

I guess this another thing that has to get fixed next summer.

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Bitter

#92

Ew.

I would suggest using a hole saw to cut the rotten area out, then have a body shop (or yourself) use a flanger to make a nice lip to put in a new circle of steel with panel epoxy and some good thick layers of epoxy paint.

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enderswift

#93

Damn, gotta check my hatch too.

I would scrape off the loose stuff and slather some POR15 on there to slow it down until next summer

Bitter

#94

Nah, if he scrapes off the loose stuff then it'll just be a wide open hole!

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dudeofchaos

#95

I have the EXACT same thing at the EXACT same spot... makes me wanna cry.

This post has been edited by dudeofchaos: Sep 6, 2012 - 9:13 PM

cheela

#96

aw, poor Abby!

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bloodMoney

#97

Yea... I'm going to cut it out, weld a patch panel in and slather a good thick coat of POR15 all over the back of her.

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Bitter

#98

Spot welding that sheet metal can make it more prone to rust as it blasts any galvanization applied at the factory, that's why I recommend panel epoxy.

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bloodMoney

#99

Hmmmm... I'll have to check that out. I figured with POR15 all over the place, I'd be okay. But, if I don't have to weld, that just makes it better

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Bitter

#100

Panel epoxy is awesome. As strong as a weld when correctly applied (stronger in some instances since it won't make the steel brittle) and it seals up the bare metal edges as well.

3M 38315 or equivalent should work there.

Here's my thought on the repair.

From the wheel side install a long strip of steel over the area with the panel epoxy to prevent any further water intrusion (both sides). On the inside, I just noticed that you've got spot welds along there, you want weld there again since it's structural. Have a patch of sheet metal welded from the strut tower/wheel well to side panel there, be generous with the overlap and number of spot welds. As for the hole itself, cut out to clean metal and just epoxy in a plug of sheet steel or aluminum or whatever, the large steel panel welded over will take up the structural duties.

This post has been edited by Bitter: Sep 8, 2012 - 5:17 PM

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bloodMoney

#101

It seems as though Abby has reached new lows...







This post has been edited by bloodMoney: Sep 26, 2012 - 9:41 PM

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enderswift

#102

lookin good dude

kurt95gt

#103

Looking good

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richee3

#104

That's low! I seem to remember some exhaust-scraping giant speed bumps up there... I can only imagine how Abby handles those.

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bloodMoney

#105

Yea.... I go around the outside of them to avoid the uber high points in the middle.

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Special_Edy

#106

If you remove the rear seats, its 4 bolts total, then you can remove the plastic trim panel that surrounds the rear speaker. With it removed you can now reach up into the quarter panel and pop that dent out of the driverside quarter panel.

Good luck with it.

bloodMoney

#107

Yea. Its from the accident I had last winter. The dent spans the length of the quarter panel, it just has a special crease there. I have yet to take it in to get it fixed.

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bloodMoney

#108

On that note, I heard of this guy in Chicago that does pretty decent body work for cheap... I think I've found my direction....



I'll stay silver, but I'm wanting some Work Meisters... Like hardcore.

Anyway, That body guy did this:



I think Abby will be ok in his hands...

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: Oct 8, 2012 - 10:53 AM

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Bitter

#109

How did the rust hole repair turn out?

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bloodMoney

#110

Haven't really made much progress in the way of getting Abby fixed... I had to replace the passenger axle and rear engine mount, only to find that the clunking i was hearing up there was the passenger side sway bar mount disintegrating....

Today it is 87*F outside and I'm still on my winter wheels... I should probably fix that. Otherwise, She's running pretty good. I think there may be a fuel leak somewhere, because I can smell it when I shut the car off...

Until I prep for the swap, I'm just going to continue to drive her around as she sits today.



I was involved in a 3 car accident some months back and I've been too busy with other things to fix it. This will be the third driver fender that will go on to her.

I have been focusing instead on our other two cars. Since they don't get hit whenever I pull them out of the garage...

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bloodMoney

#111

Well, maybe I'll drive her like this instead....





18x7 +46 w/ 25mm spacer adapters = +21mm et

I need to roll the rears, but I'll do that this weekend...

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richee3

#112

Whuuuuuuut! What are those? Sexy!

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enderswift

#113

Lookin good

njccmd2002

#114

Good looking , what rims are those

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bloodMoney

#115

lol Thanks Guys!

Dan/Berto, believe it or not, those are the OEM wheels off my Ralliart. 18x7 +46 on 215/40/18 tires. They're a little tall, but they were just laying around and I needed to use them for something.....

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richee3

#116

Did you do the 5x114.3 conversion?

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bloodMoney

#117

Ha!

Yea right. I dropped the hundo for the 25mm spacer adapters

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Syaoran

#118

I was gonna say "hey look lancer wheels!" but then saw you mention it afterwards. They look OK, too narrow and too little offset in the rear... you need to raise the car a little lol. Never even imagined I would see those wheels on a celica, they're heavy as fk

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SwissFerdi

#119

They look nice but probably do weigh about 24 a piece?

Chris, you made an excellent choice in grabbing those. I would have been the first to stuff his paypal if I was investing anything else in the car.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jun 21, 2013 - 7:45 AM

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bloodMoney

#120

These wheels are horribly heavy....

But I they were leftovers from this:



As for raising the car, I wasn't planning on it, unless something gives me a very good reason to do so.

Once I finalize a direction that I want to go with on the body, I'll make a more permanent decision on the wheels. For now though, this setup works

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