After deciding to tidy the bodywork up this year, before I knew it it was September and the summer was disappearing fast. I got a few days off work and got cracking asap before I lost the weather. I bought a new repair panel for the LH back door but got a peice of angled steel for the right one, ( Reapir panels £16 a door, angled steel £3, easy descision
). I cut out the rot with an angle grinder and treated any surface rust with Hammerite Kurust, I've used this before and highly reccomend it. Welded in new sections and prepped ready for paint.
The body wasn't bad so the back arches just wanted sanding down,
yes they are the original ones and dont have holes in, AMAZING !
The passenger side front arch wasn't as good as the drivers side so I've put on a new lower wing repair panel and a new lower arch section, chopping out the rot first
The door had a crease down the middle and the side door had a couple of dents on the top half so I knocked and filled them. Now its definately got the RAT look
After 4 days of prep it was a nice sunny day and perfect weather conditions for a top quality, outside respray, low bake ( the sun was out )
Ok its not a £500 respray and the neighbours might not speak for a few days but I think you'll agree its lookin' good
I've since sprayed the mirror backs blue and the grill so I'll get some more pics this weekend ( weather permitting ) and let you have a look at her.