Brisbane Panel Beater To Remove Mirror Rust

[chook]

Has anyone had their rust removed from under their Stagea side mirrors in Brisbane/ Gold Coast ? Can you recommend a panel beater, how much/long was it ? thanks

[sy300]

I did a quick job of it a while back, just to hold it until I had time to fix it completely.

Will be doing it soon. It is fairly easy to DIY, you don't need to match the paint exactly, a it's hidden by the mirrors.

I was just going to sand/buff off any major rust, then use some rust converter on the rest. After it has done it's job, some good primer (at least 2 coats) and overcoat.

Just to stop it happening again I was going to add a couple of coats of Dinotrol. It's a corrosion preventative compound used on aircraft (I am an aircraft technician, so get time expired stuff from work).

That should keep the rust at bay for as long as I have the car.

[chook]

thanks, is their any mods or places to seal up to prevent the cause of this ? ie, where is the water coming from ? Ive got a pearl white stagea, pretty hard to colour match, but am thinking about doing the bodywork myself.

[harold]

Could you post a photo of the rust, I am interested to see where it is they rust

[sy300]

The rust is basically on the forward top corner of the door, under the wing mirror.

It looks like the foam backing on the wing mirror traps water and eventually causes rust as it slowly rubs away.

The easiest way to stop it is put a layer of something waterproof between the door and the wing mirror. Some sort of sealant would proably do the job.

There will probably be numerous other ways people have come up with, that's just what I'd do.

[EGA41T]

has anybody paid a panel beater to repair/remove the rust?

how much did you pay?

i got quoted $897 to fix it and spray it and blend the front gaurd to match it...that figur also includes respraying one of the door handles

[beastien]

I paid $330 to fix both sides, they blended in the colour and you can't tell, he also had to clear coat the drivers door because the rust had come out from under the mirror.

[EGA41T]

what workshop did you get it done at?

did they blend the gaurd as well as painting the door?

my rust is only on one side and i still got a massive quote

maybe its something about silver paint...it may be harder to match so they need tyo blend the gaurd aswell

[beastien]

Fedder's at Raymond Terrace

They only did the doors, mine is silver aswell

They did an excellent job matching the colour, you can't tell.

[EGA41T]

interesting... you dont have the quote/invoice that you can post up so i can see what they actually did. do you?

ps if it was a cash job or something like that you can email or pm it to me if you like.

glad to see that it can still be done without touching the gaurds on silver paint...ill be sure to check out the job they did when i see ur car at the upcoming cruise