Rust.

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 06/26/2016 at 21:49 • Filed to: None

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To say the Sentra has a “rust problem” is a bit of an understatement. The rocker panels are non-existant at several points and are completely deformed from how they should look, there is paint bubbling on the front and rear fenders, and the areas at the back of the front wheel wells below the door hinges are just masses of iron oxide. Fortunately it seems contained entirely to the thin sheet metal of the body (lol japanese cars), and only on the lower portions. My thoughts are to take off the fenders and wire-wheel back any rust on the underlying car until I see bare metal, then hit it with some black Rustoleum (because Rust-o is in the name!) to prevent it from coming back. The lower attach points for the fenders are likely toast so I’ll probably end up cutting those out and welding in some mild steel. It can be ugly, nobody will see it. The rockers though... I’m not sure if I should try saving what’s there or cut off the entire rocker panel and re-make it using sheet. It’s a really simple shape but I dunno if I could pull that off. Rear fenders I’d just wire wheel down the rust and patch any holes with bondo+wire mesh.

Meh. Bodywork.

Birddog > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2016 at 22:09

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Oh, dear. That’s as bad as I expected.

Bodywork takes a special person. Starting at a Buck you don’t have much to lose.

TheJWT > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2016 at 22:10

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HAHA SUCKER!!! Laughing myself all the way to the bank!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Birddog 06/26/2016 at 22:13

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I’ll snap some pictures of the damage tomorrow. I’ll have to get the fenders off to assess how bad it really is. Oddly none of the floor pan or brake lines or anything in the engine bay have very bad pitting or even much surface rust, so I’m very confused about this.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheJWT 06/26/2016 at 22:15

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I’ll drive you there.

TheJWT > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2016 at 22:15

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Brake lines are new, They blew out about a week after I bought it so that was the first thing I had replaced.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheJWT 06/26/2016 at 22:39

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lol rust. My Canadian Civic did the same thing. Blew out two months after selling it.

Birddog > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2016 at 22:43

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That would be appreciated. I kinda wanted this car. It’s one of those High School heroes.

TheJWT > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2016 at 23:21

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Thankfully it was around my neighborhood at slow speeds, but it was exciting nonetheless...

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheJWT 06/27/2016 at 06:37

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time to downshift and use the handbrake that does nothing!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/27/2016 at 07:33

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You can buy entire preformed sills to weld on. Thats a much better idea than trying to make them i would say. Ill say in advance that welding thin nissan sheet metal is an utter nightmare.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 06/27/2016 at 08:10

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I was thinking of taking a sawzall to a junkyard and cutting off a couple rust-free panels. The best welder I have access to is a cheap 110/220v Weller MIG welder. Never done anything thinner than exhaust pipe, though.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/27/2016 at 08:55

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I welded our micra sill up and i managed to avoid warping but i had two small blow throughs. This too was on a cheap MIG welder. Just start with a lowish wire feed and lowest power then adjust after a few tack welds. Definitely dont try an run seams either, tack welds the whole way.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 06/27/2016 at 09:14

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For sure. Tack, grind it down, bondo until it looks passable. I’ve heard you want to use small amounts of thinner with the bondo so it’ll set up stronger (albiet it will take longer to get to that point)