Crusty Rusty Fenders repair without welding

pcp20us

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Hi all

Ok photos of my rusty fenders, or mud guards if your an aussie.

You can see i have given them a bit of air conditioning!

The structure will be cleaned up and painted with kill rust i recon.

Then thinking of doing a fibre glass repair, either from the back or the front?? from the back will take a bit of filler.

I know welding is the best option but i do nt have one. so after the next best way that will last and not start rusing again. I still need to clean up the cuts and remove all the rust.

or get some more steel, but can i use JB weld to hold this in place?

So from reading on here that expoxy filler coating then fibre glasss is a good way to go.

What cha recon
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I wouldn't have cut so much away, it makes for fewer options... I'd go to a panel beater and get patches welded in, you've got a good start, it will be worth it. A miss step now and you might bugger up the whole thing...
 
(quoted from post at 11:44:57 06/24/15) panel adhesive would last far longer.

Im with Txturbo on this one. I would use panel adhesive and patch it. Put a nice crimp or step around the cut out then glue your new patch panel in. No warpage from the heat of welding, and it is totally sealed seam which helps prevent rust ever coming back thru again. Both 3M and Duramix make panel adhesive as well as Lord Fusor.
 
Unless you want to redo it all a few months or a year from now a welded patch is the only permanent solution .
Copper sheet behind the skin to soak up excess heat and fine stainless welding rods for the job . Use thicker patch steel to aid heat shunting .
No welder ? no mates ? Looks like a slabs worth of Victoria Bitter :)

I did this to mine .
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I went the old duct tape and spray paint.. only joking

Trying fibre glass resin etc, so see how that goes.

thanks for the offer of fenders, I am in Australia i am guessing your in the States :D
 
(quoted from post at 16:32:56 06/27/15) I went the old duct tape and spray paint.. only joking

Trying fibre glass resin etc, so see how that goes.

thanks for the offer of fenders, I am in Australia i am guessing your in the States :D
This is what I ment by grinding too much off limits your options. Rust holes would have given fiberglass something to bite on to. All bets are off after the grinding it square. There has got to be someone around who can weld patches for you. A weld 'after' you apply fiberglass is a miserable re-grinding job. As an old boss of mine used to say 'STOP THE JOB! STOP THE JOB!!'
 
"](quoted from post at 19:31:05 06/28/15) boomerang may fit in there with some bondo.


Yep it looks a little bomerang esk now :eek:

Filled it ( minus the boomerang)and painted with expoy enamel, looks pretty good, I am happy, I ll let you all know how long it lasts, ( i recon forever!!)
 
If you just want it patched and aren't too worried about appearance you could pop rivet patches in. If you do both sides the same it doesn't look too bad. My TED 20 is done that way with two patches fitted from the wheel side.
 
Hi

Ok they say a picutres says a thousand words...

So here goes.
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aluminium bonnet for tonys viewing pleasure

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