"HoustonRunner" (houstonrunner)
11/30/2019 at 20:27 • Filed to: None
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"HoustonRunner" (houstonrunner)
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Ok, maybe I will need a new door.
I finally took a wire wheel to the rear passenger door in the E28 today, and the rust is worse than I thought.
Definitely through in a few places. I went ahead and cleaned it with POR 15 and will coat it tomorrow, but it will need a longer term solution.
Before taking the wire wheel to it I made sure that any rust dust wouldn’t get in the car or on the door panel.
10 minutes or so with the wheel and I had it pretty smooth for cleaning with POR 15 degreaser.
I think I’ll probably get my brother in law to help me cut it out and patch it for now. In Houston I’m not worried about it getting worse, and I don’t even drive it in the rain.
ranwhenparked
> HoustonRunner
11/30/2019 at 20:48 |
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Eh, some newspaper and body filler and that will clean up fine.
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HoustonRunner
> ranwhenparked
11/30/2019 at 20:53 |
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Yeah, no real intention to get a new door until I'm looking to repaint. The paint has a number of bubbles, but is good from 10 feet so it will be a year or two before I consider it.
RacinBob
> ranwhenparked
11/30/2019 at 20:55 |
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Even easier, blow some foam into the cavity. Shave off the excess with a knife, and put body filler over and touch it up. It’s exactly what I did to my ‘66 Mustang in college. Easiest rust repair ever and it looked great for the remaining 4 years I owned it.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> HoustonRunner
11/30/2019 at 21:01 |
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fibreglass to the rescue!
MM54
> HoustonRunner
12/01/2019 at 14:01 |
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As someone in the rust belt that looks completely normal, but in Houston? That car either spent quite some time up north or was flooded... a couple times.
Good news is that should be completely repairable, or a new not-rusted door might not be too hard to find down there. Either requires paint so it’s up to you.
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HoustonRunner
> MM54
12/01/2019 at 14:19 |
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It spent the first 10 or 15 years in the Texas Panhandle, so it may well have seen some salted roads from time to time.