Rear Quarter Panel Repair Ideas Options

[TargaToy]

So once again I find myself going where the sun don't shine.

Eventually, I plan to post the receipt from where the body shop charged the interim owner for "replacing quarter panel"...but that's fun for another day.

Here's my question: Am I correct that, from the factory, the little void in the point at the rear of the quarter panel (above the tail light) is left empty--or full of spray foam--and that there's a very large glob of seam sealer supposedly preventing tire-slung moisture from finding the foam?

I had to open mine up all the way and I'm toying with actually welding in a custom baffle in front of that pointed tip so that I could seal it up tight from the front side of the baffle. I would do this as part of the process when I fit in the new fender section.

What I want to do is make sure moisture can't get into that rear point and fester.

Anybody who's reworked the rearmost part of the fender/light socket, what have you done???

[euro911]

I just checked out the Evapo-Rust site and watched the demonstration video. It appears to do a nice job, but they say you do need to wash down with water to remove carbon residue afterward.

That's OK where the item is a removable item that can be washed down and dried, but I'd be leery of using it in the longs or tunnel where I might not be able to get all the water out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Went to Eastwood's site too. Signed up for their newsletter to get free shipping on my next order (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) ... I think I'll spend a little more time at their site to see what other nifty rust eliminator products they have to offer before placing an order.

Thanks for the tips!


Now, back to the normal scheduled program.

[ThePaintedMan]

Oops! My mistake Mark. What about the popular ones that are mentioned all the time here? Prep and Ready, Metal Ready or Ospho? They're all supposed to be wiped off before coating, but you could probably just spray over them with that Eastwood stuff. I forgot to wipe off one area where I used Prep and Ready and put POR directly on top of it. Didn't seem to make a difference. If you use a good product (I'm seriously leaning more towards Eastwood as I have had issues with POR in other areas in the past), you're going to encapsulate the rust and choke it off from O2 as well as water. I'm certainly not a chemist, but I would think this is the overall goal anyway.

Thanks for checking out the Evapo-Rust though. I was very impressed with it, though I used it on a pedal assembly, much different than what you're doing. Good luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)

I just checked out the Evapo-Rust site and watched the demonstration video. It appears to do a nice job, but they say you do need to wash down with water to remove carbon residue afterward.

That's OK where the item is a removable item that can be washed down and dried, but I'd be leery of using it in the longs or tunnel where I might not be able to get all the water out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Went to Eastwood's site too. Signed up for their newsletter to get free shipping on my next order (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) ... I think I'll spend a little more time at their site to see what other nifty rust eliminator products they have to offer before placing an order.

Thanks for the tips!


Now, back to the normal scheduled program.