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| posted on June 23rd, 2014 at 12:44 PM |
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On yo scale of one to bad how worried should I be?
Hey guys
Hadn't driven by bug in a while and giving it a decent dressing down I noticed a few (what I think are) rusty bubbles popping up!
Is there anything I can do to slow this down? And am I stuffed already? I don't exactly have the funds right now to strip it back and repaint etc!
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| posted on June 23rd, 2014 at 01:44 PM |
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Bad prep under paint!
Yeah you should be worried.
If you don't have any cash atm your best bet would be to get a colour match of your paint in a can and grind out the affected areas, repair, treat
and paint.
Won't be perfect but will help to keep it at bay until you can afford to do it properly.
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| posted on June 23rd, 2014 at 02:43 PM |
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Yep, it will only get worse unfortunately, and will no doubt be in more areas. Bob's right, bad or nil prep is the cause 
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| posted on June 23rd, 2014 at 04:36 PM |
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I had bubbles in the exact same spot on the side of my bonnet. They had been there for a while, slowly growing. So i decided to sand back the paint
and found a big hollow hole fille with bog from the previous owner/repairer. I removed all the bog and filled with metal filler for now. I'll take a
pic if you like to show you the extent. But as others have said, it wont look good under there.
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| posted on June 23rd, 2014 at 05:21 PM |
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What you see is only a portion of what it's like underneath the paint.
Start saving especially for the body cause if its your daily, it won't pass rego unfortunately......
If you can find a solid body, get that prepped and painted, then swap it for the rusty body.
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| posted on June 23rd, 2014 at 09:05 PM |
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Bummer man
Quit calling rust patina
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| posted on June 23rd, 2014 at 09:06 PM |
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It is like it is because the metal is all gone underneath, right through. The section of metal has to be cut out and replaced and then protected.
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| posted on June 23rd, 2014 at 09:27 PM |
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on the up side - the worst of it is in the bonnet
Get yourself a new bonnet and paint it matt black.
Sort of matches everything
The rest of it seems to be in the gutters
I cant see a fold line - meaning it has had repairs before that have been finished off with a wipe of bog
Maybe taking the headlining out and putting lanolin in the channel from the inside would help slow it??
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| posted on June 23rd, 2014 at 09:33 PM |
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I'm not super fussed about the bonnet, as I can get another one or what not haha
Anyone have any idea how pricey it is to get the gutters looked at?
Also a decent place?
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