Strut Tower Rust

[Punk72]

Gday all

Took the stag in to get some very miner rust fixed on both my strut towers today and it has turned out a lot worse then i had expected.

It started off with a couple of paint bubbles that you could tell that it was rust under there so i scrapped away the body sealer to find that it was rusty, didn't look that bad so

i got a friend that is a panel beater to have a go at fixing it and it has turned out to be pretty bad. There are no holes and the tower it self isn't rusty but the support panel

on top is pretty bad. On further inspection you could see why they have the rust problem.

In the top of the wheel arch where the support panel is connected to the tower the join isn't sealed so water can find its way in between the two panels but because its sealed on the other side (under the bonnet) the water just sits there. eg we poured a lot of rust killer down in between the two panels (engine bay side) and when we where

putting the wheels back on we could see the rust converter running out from the join in the wheel arch.

not to sure what our next plan of attack is but i thought i might just put this out there

cheers

[QWK32]

i think it was TJ that has just gone though getting his all fixed up. it was pritty bad too and they managed to get it sorted out.

edit: check out this thread http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/St...st-t284534.html

Edited January 10, 2010 by QWK32

[Punk72]

I wish i had of found that in my search before i typed all mine up. Mine didn't look any where as bad as that but but its not good.

My friend is talking about getting two other struts and drilling the top skins off and swapping them with mine.

Talk about a piss off, I hate rust

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

may not 'look' bad, but once its opened up it all looks shit!

its not all the expensive, $1000 aint to bad when you look at the work involved.

every stagea is bound to have it at some point. snow or no snow, the struts aren't sealed in the wheel arches. So the water just sits in there, and then one day your paint starts to bubble and BAM rust bug is here haha.

if your panel beater has and troubles or is not sure, ring my dude here in melb. should be able to give some advice on it over the phone, just use my name as Tristan, not TJ, when referring to my car.

best of luck dude.