"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
04/20/2015 at 08:41 • Filed to: bullmobile
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"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
04/20/2015 at 08:41 • Filed to: bullmobile | 2
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Achievement unlocked: rust holes.
So, I cracked the paint on the rear quarter awhile ago and I figured I’d look into this weekend.
How deep does this rust go?
Err ... all the way I guess.
Hit it with some Rustoleum and hoping it works. Maybe I’ll cut a chunk of a road sign and rivet it on there.
505Turbeaux
> CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 08:44 |
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join the ranks of every 10+ year old Subie on the road up here. BTW rustoleum doesnt do shit to stop rust like that
pip bip - choose Corrour
> CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 08:45 |
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bondo?
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 08:55 |
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That stuff doesn’t stop unless you completely neutralize and encase it. With this kind of visible damage, you need to get under it, because I bet it is much worse under the car.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> pip bip - choose Corrour
04/20/2015 at 09:06 |
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Don’t say that. Every time somebody surface fills a hole with Bondo and leaves exposed rust on the back side, a puppy dies.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> 505Turbeaux
04/20/2015 at 09:08 |
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It’s crazy - you’d think in the last 50+ years that they’ve been making fenders like this, they would have found some other seaming idea - one that doesn’t put on its sexy dress and eyeshadow for Mr. Rust.
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505Turbeaux
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/20/2015 at 09:12 |
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Saturn/Lumina APV and Corvette figured it out amongst others! Damn those slutty fenders!
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 09:16 |
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This fender is rusting the same way that almost every fender since 1959 or so has, and the closest thing to an actual fix is to replace the outer skin in whole or part and de-rust the inner fender where the two laminate together. *then* put things back together with a heck of a lot of sealant. As you can imagine, not a lot of people do this.
There’s not much of a way to get that rust between the two faces without lifting the outer fender or cutting through it in some way, sad to say. Moisture trapping that accelerates this is encouraged by... oh, stuff like the crinkled panel that you have near the door.
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CalzoneGolem
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
04/20/2015 at 09:16 |
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This is the only rust on the car. I hit a fence and the paint cracked and exposed the metal.
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CalzoneGolem
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/20/2015 at 09:18 |
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Yeah, that crinkling cracked the paint right off and exposed the bare metal to the hungry salt.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> 505Turbeaux
04/20/2015 at 09:19 |
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I think that may be one of the secret reasons for the awful quasi-box fender abominations that seem to be on every car these days a la Prius. I know there are some good aerodynamic reasons for them, but they also don’t have to have a steel overlap except right on the bottom face. Better breathing and draining almost certainly.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> 505Turbeaux
04/20/2015 at 09:23 |
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I should note, that building a fender as if it’s the ‘30s out of a single layer of metal also works, if that metal is aluminum. Mostly. HURR HURR LAND ROVER
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/20/2015 at 09:23 |
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as someone who is NOT fond of dogs in general.
i’m ok with that.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> pip bip - choose Corrour
04/20/2015 at 09:24 |
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I’ll make sure it’s a kitten if you do it. JUST BECAUSE
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505Turbeaux
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/20/2015 at 09:30 |
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haha also, land rover but the frames make up for body rust
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> 505Turbeaux
04/20/2015 at 09:36 |
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Well, sure, but it’s easier for Earl George Henry Slapnuts to weld a frame where it looks okay than bodywork, isn’t that right? I mean, unless the frame were to rust away from the inside out. That’d be craaazy.
Brickman
> CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 09:43 |
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That means your car is getting lighter. Better MPG :P
fhrblig
> CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 09:46 |
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Is the next achievement “gaping rust hole in passenger side floorboard”? My dad had a Beetle that had reached that milestone.
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CalzoneGolem
> Brickman
04/20/2015 at 09:56 |
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It’s practically a Lotus with all this added lightness.
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CalzoneGolem
> fhrblig
04/20/2015 at 09:57 |
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Haha my dad drove a fleet of beater trucks as I was growing up. I loved watching the road go by through the floor. It was less fun when it was raining.
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fhrblig
> CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 10:04 |
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Yeah, you go from “That’s so COOL!!!” as a kid to “That’s utterly horrifying!” as an adult.
Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
> CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 10:51 |
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“Maybe I’ll cut a chunk of a road sign and rivet it on there”
A fairly bad ass idea for a solution!
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CalzoneGolem
> Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
04/20/2015 at 10:53 |
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I’m not sure it really will solve anything but it’ll make me feel better.