"Long_Voyager94" (yourenotavalidusername)
10/28/2020 at 16:09 • Filed to: Oppohelp, Insight, rallyvan
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"Long_Voyager94" (yourenotavalidusername)
10/28/2020 at 16:09 • Filed to: Oppohelp, Insight, rallyvan | 0
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I’m looking to fix my rust on the Rally Van before winter, these guys seem to be my only source for prebent body panels:
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Has anyone used them? Any experience/insight?
I really don’t want to “make” panels again and this will be the last time I fix rust, so I want to do it right.
I’m also debating whether I go full repaint or just repair the rust and respray the bottom....
Monkey B
> Long_Voyager94
10/28/2020 at 16:39 |
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I think the more important aspect is a proper repair with a generous dose of rust preventive measures on the inside . I’m sure those panels are fine.
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Long_Voyager94
> Monkey B
10/28/2020 at 17:02 |
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Definitely looking to rust stop/epoxy prime everything inside before installing the new panels.
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> Long_Voyager94
10/28/2020 at 17:04 |
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Those prices really aren’t as bad as I would have thought.
VincentMalamute-Kim
> Long_Voyager94
10/28/2020 at 17:16 |
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No experience with that particular company but previous experience with cheap aftermarket body panels is they were quite a bit thinner metal and starting rusting in a few years.
I’m assuming these are going to be similar but
will be fine if you have appropriate expectations.
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> Long_Voyager94
10/28/2020 at 17:45 |
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Never used them... but I noticed they make rockers and rear wheel arches for my Honda Fit.
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Monkey B
> Long_Voyager94
10/28/2020 at 18:30 |
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look into weld thru primers and corrosion wax (or whatever they call it these days). Local body shop supply should have some latest greatest options...been so long I’m out of that loop.
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Long_Voyager94
> VincentMalamute-Kim
10/29/2020 at 06:55 |
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I used 14 ga steel that I bent the old fashioned way to patch in/remove rust, 2 WI winters and their lovely salt brine, and that 14 ga is all but gone.
My plan is to get the panels and do as Monkey said while putting it together. Hoping to get another few years out of her.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> Long_Voyager94
10/29/2020 at 12:37 |
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Good luck. Curious to hear back in a few years how it’s holding up. Not familiar with the body shop options Monkey mentions.