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| faygoninja | May 5 2014, 08:39 AM Post #31 |
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Now I dont feel so bad. |
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| exo | May 8 2014, 11:15 PM Post #32 |
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I gave it a closer inspection today, it's worse than I thought. The rest of the car is pretty solid, but there is a hole in the LH inner rear wheeltub I can almost fit my fist in, lol. I literally am looking at the interior plastic. The outer tub and quarter skin are solid, so at least I have something to weld to. I don't have the time to yank the rear interior out right now ( necessary if you don't want a fire), so I'm going to cut a patch from a rubbermaid storage container lid and glue it on with windshield urethane adhesive. |
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| faygoninja | May 8 2014, 11:35 PM Post #33 |
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do what you have to till you can get metal in there. that is what i did. keep me posted. |
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| yiffzer | May 9 2014, 01:38 AM Post #34 |
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Forgot His Manpurse
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Yeah, I've got rust in two pretty HOLES. |
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| exo | May 15 2014, 09:49 PM Post #35 |
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It's odd,my frame horns are perfect, they look just like they came off the assembly line, the body only has a few bubbles in the door bottoms/rockers, yet my inner wheeltubs are TOAST. |
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| faygoninja | May 15 2014, 10:50 PM Post #36 |
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yeah. mine looks good all around just a few bad spots in odd places. perhaps we got lucky compared to some of the others i have seen. some look like they were washed in salt water
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| Woodie | May 16 2014, 05:18 AM Post #37 |
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That's not uncommon at all. I think that's the part that GM designed when they redid it for '95. |
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| exo | May 17 2014, 02:40 AM Post #38 |
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What gets me is you never see rust on verticle surfaces unless there is something that holds moisture from the backside or something like that . The 97 wheelwells seem to rust for no reason. Maybe the factory robots didn't coat them well, dunno |
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| geopanda | Jun 15 2014, 06:06 PM Post #39 |
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I got my metro this year. It is a 91 4 door hatch and i had the same issue. I also had over 40 pounds of rocks under my carpet. I ripped out the carpet and found the metal attatching my floor to the frames had rusted away down both sides the entire way. I fixed mine by removing rust, applying very thin metal used in ductwork. then attatched that with 1/8 inch self tapping sheet metal screws. after patching it i coated the area with 3m fireblock foam and im not water free. i plan to put a top and bottom coat of flex seal before i put in new carpet. |
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