my rear arches..

My rear arches were starting to bubble.
So i sanded them back. Treated them. Filled them. Primered them and painted and laquered them
I still need to wet n dry them and then g3 paste them.
Looks a lot better than the bubbling paint




Looks more tidy for the summer shows
Will do until i can afford to put the car in a bodyshop..

Nice tidy job you done there Stu,
How long did it take?

Good effort mate nice and fresh

Thanks guys.
I did one arch in a morning and then did the other arch the next morning. It wasnt to bad as was only surface rust in most places.
Then left it a week or so and ordered the paint and laquer.
It isnt perfect. But is 100% better

Look great in the pics mate, as you said better than seeing rust bubbles

Looks good fella .... wanna come do my ones

Thanks guys
No thanks Leighton. I hate body work. I dont have patience lol

Decent job you've done mate. I want your wheels though as I don't think they suit your car as much as they would mine

Im the same stu it irrates me

Ricks1983 wrote:Decent job you've done mate. I want your wheels though as I don't think they suit your car as much as they would mine

Thanks.

You cant have my wheels lol they are staying on my car haha

Dammit! Haha I'm on the hunt for some then by the looks of it

I'm guessing you just re-painted a small section stu? I wish I didn't use the can on whole quarter when I did mine.

Ricks1983 wrote:Dammit! Haha I'm on the hunt for some then by the looks of it

There was some on ebay. Search enkei.

gtir_woody wrote:I'm guessing you just re-painted a small section stu? I wish I didn't use the can on whole quarter when I did mine.

Yeah just the patches you see with primer mate. I went around the arch and didnt mask it either. So no line to try and delete lol
I will wet n dry the whole panel and then g3 it. Hopefully it will blend in enough

Ricks1983 wrote:Dammit! Haha I'm on the hunt for some then by the looks of it

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162050634279

Seen them on gumtree aswell but it's a choice between these and a set of watanabe's so I'm stuck lol, maybe eventually I will have a set of each haha

Ricks1983 wrote:Seen them on gumtree aswell but it's a choice between these and a set of watanabe's so I'm stuck lol, maybe eventually I will have a set of each haha

I would like a set of watanabes too. Or some nismo minilites

I've seen these for pennies but not sure if they would look too small or not. What do you think?
14" Split rim alloy wheels with tyres
https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/14-split-rim-alloy-wheels-with-tyres/1172973911

They look sweet and that price is megga cheap.
I think they would look okay.

I wet flat the arches today and the laquer line shows
So i have decided to sand it back to the primer and just 2pk paint it as it doesnt need laquer so should blend in better.
Bit of a set back but hey you learn something new every day lol

Maybe dont wet and dry it Stu just polish it? G3 and then some g10 may smooth it out enough?

You need to paint up to a swage line or do the whole panel to hide laquer lines. Use feather edge foam to go up to swage line which gives a better finish. You could light scotch right up to the bottom of the window then spray base colour to swage line then laquer up to the window to hide everything.

Thanks for the info. I was thinking of painting it upto that line so will probs do that.

So this happened today


I painted upto the swage line and then realise i would have to laquer the whole quarter panel anyway so keyed the rest of the panel and painted it all
I have done both rear quarters

The thing I like about paintwork is you can just keep going back at it. Rebuild a gearbox wrong and its kaboom $$$$$ but with paint you can just flat back and start again which does cost but not that much.

Looks like you have done a good job Stu, I will be doing mine I think just to tidy it up as I feel embarrassed at the dings and scratches on it.

Thanks Tom.
Its not the best job in the world but it looks tidier.
My prep work isnt the best ability i have haha