Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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remember this pic which you found when I first got my car???
well I took the rear bumper off whilst dealing with a rusty sill.... and this is pretty much identical to what I was faced with 
all cut out and gone now though, with nice shiny new plates welded in its place!! 
Off to the bodyshop for spraying this week hopefully...
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Ditch
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Siberia
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ouuu thats verly rotten...
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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Replace the arches while your at it. Will give it a new lease of life for 5 years or so, depending on whether you use it in the wet or not.
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Ditch
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Rear arches have been done in 1997, found the weld marks along the rear qtr.
they were starting to bubble a tiny bit on the inner lips though, so out with the grinder and off came the dreaded rot!!!
Drivers side front wing and sill were done in 1997 too, got receipts for that.
She now has new sill and front wing in place on nearside of the car, the subframe has been welded up, and patches done on the rear panel bit... must of taken out about 3-4kgs of rust out 
used a whole box of sanding discs (20) and two bottles of rust cure to stop the bastid stuff coming back...
just cant wait for the painting to get done now...
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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 rust wagon
cars do hide rust well, i image a few of the corsas on here with gleaming paintwork have rotting somewhere
feels good tho when u sort it out yourself  , i love to sand
didn't think you were gonna spend much on it 
[Edited on 19-04-2005 by 3CorsaMeal]
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Ditch
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I have a man who can with a welder 
painting is going to be the big cost I think... couple of hundred quid is hardly the end of the world though!
Doing the work myself also means I know its been done properly, no mincing about hiding rust with new panels, we got right in there and ripped it all out!!
As Ollie said, I reckon I have given it a few more years on the road yet.... as long as the engine holds out...
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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Strip it out totally, interior everything like me, get underneath it remove things.
My car when I took it to Lees had
No engine
No interior
No fuel tank
No fuel lines
No exhaust
It weighed nothing and gave me chance to check for rust and holes and mine had none apart from the battery tray and even then it was'nt that bad.
[Edited on 19-04-2005 by Ojc]
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MatthewR
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I think it will be a really nice example when its done, look forward to seeing the pix later
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Ditch
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Strip it out totally, interior everything like me, get underneath it remove things.
My car when I took it to Lees had
No engine
No interior
No fuel tank
No fuel lines
No exhaust
It weighed nothing and gave me chance to check for rust and holes and mine had none apart from the battery tray and even then it was'nt that bad.
[Edited on 19-04-2005 by Ojc]
I couldnt be without my car for that long though!
Took it off the road last friday, and it will be ready to go to the painters tonight hopefully...
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Ditch
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quote:
Originally posted by Evisu
I think it will be a really nice example when its done, look forward to seeing the pix later
Cheers dude.... hope so
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