Floorpan Rust Repair In Sydney?

[Touge Kyousou]

Heya all.

Recently noticed some rust on the floorpan of one of my cars and just looking for a good place to take it to that won't charge me my unborn and a kidney..

Any suggestions sydney skyliners?

If you can post up roughly the amount of work done and cost that would be really beneficial.

Cheers!

[Wacky Dee]

sorry can't recommend anyone ... I've had some strut tower rust taken out by a mob in seven hills but they did such a bang up job I need to go back in less than a year as it appears worse now.

I've also got a lot of surface rust on the floor pan (from below the car/outside) and intend to get an airblast thingo attach it to my dad's compressor and sand blast the crap out of it, then fishoil the whole underside (literally drench it in fishoil).

If anyone can chime in with a really good rust repairer that'd be great .. I've already gotten 2nd hand strut towers so that mine can get repaired but don't trust the mob who did the original job, one bit.....

[zebra]

Buy some axle stands and an angle grinder with a big wire wheel, and be prepared to get dirty.

Will be the cheapest way, if they havent rusted right through then treat the whole underside with a rust preventor/inhibitor then spray the thing with underbody sealer.

Just make sure you get every little nook and cranny cleaned out.

Might take you a few weekends but will save you giving up your 1st born.

[Wacky Dee]

speaking of stands ... what's the safest method if I'm going to be under the car whole weekend screwing around with sandblaster ? Bear in mind I don't even have a jack now.. Would ramps be better/safer/cheaper than axle stands? Where can I get a decent jack (can I rent one?)

[zebra]

Yeah you can rent one from Kennards/coates etc. or Autobarn/super cheap/repco sell ok jacks reasonably cheap, but get a 2-ton one, atm i have a cheap 1400kg one and it sucks!

ramps are better than stands imo, but depends on whether you need to get wheels off etc.

My trick is if you have some old steel wheels lying around, jack the car up and stick the old shit rims under your wheels/tyres and the front and rear.

[Touge Kyousou]

It seems to be rusted through at this one spot only (i presume from a water leak at one point) so will definitely need to goto a shop. I do know a shop that can do it however their work has dropped a bit in quality over the last several years unfortunately which is a shame as it used to be top notch.. however i might use them anyways seeing as i won't even be able to see the repair at all considering it's to the floorpan and there shouldn't be any paint etc involved..i'd just get it galved afterwards.

Ramps would be good wackydee. If it was me, i'd use a trolleyjack to raise it then also put jackstands underneath for if the trolleyjack fails. Like said, you can get ok jackstands from autobarn etc. There were some recent recall on repco ratchet stands so keep that in mind (failed and crushed someone to death from what i read on here).

Anyone else that's had this done?

[JGTC]

for all things panels i would definitely stop in to talk to Louie at Xclusive Colours on the Cumberland HWY in Smithfield, he is the most recommended panel beater on this forum and is very fussy about his work.

here is another sau thread recommending him

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/pr...=21&t=79041

here are his details

http://www.yellowpages.com.au/nsw/smithfie...54-listing.html

alot of people have also had good results at Smashtech at Bankstown

feedback

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.ph...astle-or-Sydney

details

http://www.smashtech.com.au/index.html

hope that helps

danny

Edited October 27, 2010 by squareznboxez

[nuclear_skyline]

I used to work at a custom car and restoration specialist in Fairy Meadow called Classic Fabrications. Awesome quality of work and as they only do resto's and custom work they are very used to rust repairs. Dont charge excessive amounts either.

Can give u details. If its only a small patch of rust, rip the carpets out and take it down - reckon it'd be only a day or two to fix.

[Wacky Dee]

small patch of rust = day or 2 ??? What's that 10 hours labour at $80+ ?

[batman67]

I use & definatley recommend Exclusive Customs http://exclusivecustoms.com.au.

If you want the job done properly & they are located at Kingsgrove. Give them a call & ask for Jason 9502-1496 & tell him Batman told you to call.

[nuclear_skyline]

small patch of rust = day or 2 ??? What's that 10 hours labour at $80+ ?

I didnt mean a day or two of time to repair - I meant a day or two to complete if you want the underseal to be nice and dry (once repainted) before he drives off. I think most workshops would have a car for at least a day when doing a rust repair - drop off in the morning & pick up late afternoon/next day - dont you?

[GoldZilla]

I've left this open up until now, but now that you've got a few answers I'll close it.

Anyone else:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Re...er-t228238.html

[Duncan]

and I'll unlock it for a moment (sorry Nick!) to mention that Louie no longer runs xclusive colours....it is a very different business now