the drivers wing is already off the car and i've cut two great big holes in the side of it - it was completely rotton around where the side trim bolts onto, so about 3" square section has been cut out of it and a new piece of metal welded into place. As its my 1st proper weld job on the car i'm pretty happy with the result now its sanded down. I plan on treating the whole repair patch to a thin coating of POR-15 on both sides and then a little thin layer of filler to even it all out, then it should be ready to paint. Luckily the amount i needed to cut out didnt go too much into the wheel arch curve.
After i've finished this, i have a few other small bits of metal to weld in where rot has been cut out and the wing will be rust free.
i'm amazed by the thickness of the genuine MB wing. Its about 1.6mm thick.
Pics of work in progress:
pics of the rot cut out:
new metal going in an treated, and coated with Por-15 ready for filling:
I was repairing the wings on the view i will replace with new wings at some point in the future - but after doing the work i'm hoping that the repairs should last well. They are genuine wings on there aswell so worth keeping vs pattern parts.
as you can probably see in the pics, i did use some glass fibre repairs on some small holes that had rusted through that were on curvy inner parts of the wing that would be hard to weld metal to and still keep the correct shape. I'm putting in new metal where i can though.
I plan on coating the whole of the inside of the wing with thick a underseal before putting back on the car. i also have obtained a pair of genuine Post-1985 wheel arch liners that should also protect the wings from the road grime.
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