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Nearside Rear Wheelarch |
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The nearside rear wheel arches looked OK from the outside once the bodykit was removed. That's because the outer arch had been replaced in the past....... |
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.....but the inner arch hadn't and was now rusting through, so before a new outer repair section could be welded on........ |
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.....I had to rebuild the inner arch lip to give me something to weld the outer arch lip to. |
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The outer edge of the new section was tack welded to the quarter panel every 5mm and the lips were spot welded every 30mm. |
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The welds were then ground flat and smooth before a light skim of plastic body filler was applied to smooth the area out. |
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Because this area is going to be hidden by the XR2 bodykit there was no need to get a perfectly flat and profiled finish around the arch....which is handy because arch profiles are a pain to get right. |
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