Hey, I decided to go out and put my car on the lift today. I grinded out every bit of rust in the rear wheel wells and spent $50 on sheetmetal. This rust was so horrible! Ill post some pics tomorrow of the progress. Anyway, my question is this: After the welds are done, what should i do next? Also, do you guys just seem weld it or just put a bunch of tack welds? I hear 3M puddy is good for over the welds but I know nothing about this. Anyone know anything? I got some cans of rubber undercoating, will that help? I wanna get this done so i can start taking out the SLOW 305tbi and start putting in an LT1.

 

Rear drivers side shot(exterior):


Rear drivers side shot(interior):


Rear Passenger side (didnt start on it yet)

 

take lots of pics!!
my rear wheel wells are rusted through. and ill be needing to do just that at some point this summer.

 

ps...
i see youve got bilsteins on the car. rock on!

i love mine

 

bilstiens are gods gift to us third gen owners =)

 

man looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you.. what do the bottom of the cowls look like? I had minimal rust on the rear quarters, but a good sized hole in the cowl. Anyways, I always do a full weld on all patches. If you dont, you'll have putty runnin inside the car. Those flares look like hell, are you going to replace the quarters? probably save you a lot of time!

 

ya, i guess im gonna get some 1/4 cut outs from a local J/Y... They look horrible!!! wish there was a quick fix to the 1/4's though because im running out of money! I also have to save my money for the TWO rusted to hell floorboards. Other rusted spots that arn't so bad is under the rear bumper which ill just replace and i tiny bit of surface rust in the front wells. The rear wells make the fronts looks like a 5min job. lol Thing is i don't want to replace my 1/4's till i have enough money for paint, a cowl hood, vented fenders, and a highrise spoiler. (the ones that look like the origional lip was jacked up a few but is a spoiler, not a lip)Oh ya... and the front lip which hit to many concrete stoppers at parking lots.(previous owner) I just figure if i get a killer paint job in the summer that maybe all this will seem worth it. Snow's finally starting to melt which translates into more landscaping jobs available.

 

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BTW, welds may look crappy but my mig kept burning through it and i was using 16 guage steetmetal. So i had to make bigger welding pools and sand em down. I didnt start cuting/shaping/fully welding the sheetpetal patches on the top yet as you cans see.