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Rough cost on rust repairs
benny_acko - March 4th, 2013 at 02:09 PM

I need to get someone to replace the drivers side pan half, as well as some rust repairs on the bottom of A-pillar and passenger front wheel well.

Also, I would need to get the clutch tube looked at and a new fuel line re-run (currently a plastic hose through the cabin).

Should I look at getting the floorpan painted with Por-15 while its off?

Can anyone give me a rough estimate for this work? I understand this depends on the extent of the damage, heater channels and whatnot...

$500?$1000?More?

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks alot!

turboty - March 4th, 2013 at 05:06 PM

depends on how much needs to be cut out and replaced... upwards of 1500 more like it...pm me i have a guy that does my cars he is really really really good but in crookwell kinda near goulburn nut worth the trip...

Bizarre - March 4th, 2013 at 06:40 PM

Consider getting another pan and doing a swap

Could be easier and cheaper

Allbones - March 5th, 2013 at 08:45 AM

Depending on how often this may need to be done, why not consider taking some night classes and learning to do it yourself? A good welder will set you back about the price you are looking at to repair it, then you can do it as many times as you want, haha. Also opens up a whole new avenue of cars you can work on that you may or may not have poopooed after seeing the rust in them...

Just my 2c anyway :)

vwo60 - March 5th, 2013 at 09:20 AM

How long is a piece of string, once you get into it there could be more than you think, could even be less, there is no cheap job, if it is done correctly and treated after the repair is made you should not have a problem, if it is roughly repaired and filled with bog then expect to do it over and over as stated above, it expensive to do it correctly.

vlad01 - March 6th, 2013 at 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by Allbones
Depending on how often this may need to be done, why not consider taking some night classes and learning to do it yourself? A good welder will set you back about the price you are looking at to repair it, then you can do it as many times as you want, haha. Also opens up a whole new avenue of cars you can work on that you may or may not have poopooed after seeing the rust in them...

Just my 2c anyway :)


yeah it might be. I had real difficultly finding anyone to do some very simple welding for my current project. So I gave it a go myself. Borrowed a mig, was getting no where fast with that so I gave tig a go and I glad I did, the repairs were very reasonable and it was a lot easier to use that the mig imho.

Now I am looking at taking it further by getting the rest of the equipment to get me started.

I learned the basics from weldingtipandtricks.com, watch the youtube vids. The guy shows mostly tig, like 90% of the videos are tig so thats how I knew what to do mostly when I pulled mine out of storage.

benny_acko - March 6th, 2013 at 03:55 PM

I would love to have a go myself and my old man has the welding gear. Just no space or storage and keen to get it on the road.Once I buy a house this year (and my old man downsizes and offloads all his tools) it will be a different story.Who knows, come next year when he is retired and not off galavanting around the world enjoying retirement we may be able to do some work on it together ;)