CorollaBenny Posted January 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Yeah, I know about what all the salt are doing to the car:-) And about the chassis, I don't exactly know what I shall do there... but I know that I'll need to puss away the rust, but is there anything more? And where should I look for rust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 The worst will b inside the channel as stuff gets trapped in there. The inner vertical face is part of the car, which will rust also. The curved outer face is the channel you buy, so that ends up brand new. All you can do is clean the rust off with a wire brush in a power drill and patch any holes, then treat the metal with some rust kill product. Give it a couple of anti-rust coats of paint (no-one sees it!) and then weld on the new channel. If you want it to last more than 15 years you could rustkill spray the inside afterwards to catch the weld spots where the paint gets burned off. The companies who do that drill a small hole in the back of the channel under the rear guard and spray anti-rust wax in with a long tube that sprays outwards. Then they just put a rubber grommet in the hole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorollaBenny Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 It is those holes ur alking about, in the old channels... but I'm only going to have it one or two years after I'm turned 18, and now I'm 17, so it's not so important to do a job to make the car last for 15 years. But I will try to kill the rust inside after taking of the channels. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezz/// Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 And sand the bonnet with 800 grit wet and dry before painting :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorollaBenny Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Yeah, ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorollaBenny Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Do I need to paint behind the channels, on the chassis? or is it just rust protection u mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Its just for rust protection, so a spray of body sealer would do after you treat the rust to neutralise it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorollaBenny Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Ok, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorollaBenny Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hi, i've got another job too. The window viper engine needs to be changed, i've got a new one. But any1 car upload a video on how to change it? Becase i know that i'll have to tale off the glove compartment, or at least googe translate said that it's named so...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorollaBenny Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hi, i've got another job too. The window viper engine needs to be changed, i've got a new one. But any1 car upload a video on how to change it? Becase i know that i'll have to tale off the glove compartment, or at least googe translate said that it's named so...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorollaBenny Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I found out of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorollaBenny Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 How am I going to fix the hood? it is some marks on it, adn a bit of rust, but what is the easyest and cheapest way? And the same with the trunk, except that with the trunk there is cracks all over, they have not used hardener I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Either a grinder ti strip the paint in the dents and to clean the rust out of the rusty bits, or paint stripper and a Linbide tungsten scraper to strip all the paint back to steel. I used the stripper & scraper- http://www.rollaclub...the-girls-ke70/ Where the car had tiny rust spiderwebs under the paint I took it back to bare steel & treated it with rustkill fluid. I filled a couple of dents in the front guard that hadn't been done very well while I was at it. The rest of the paint I sanded back and then undercoated the whole panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorollaBenny Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 And if I'm only going to fix the rust marks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Just sand them back to bare metal, treat them and spray them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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