Wednesday 29 August 2012

Hofmeister kink rust

There is some nasty rust in the Hofmeister kink on both sides of the car - time to investigate!

I don't think the hole is supposed to be there! Revealed when the window rubber was removed

Looks OK from inside though!

Not much left after cutting out the rust

Outer panel is repairable, its the inside area that had turned to rust

After looking at ways to repair this i realise this is probably beyond my metal forming skills to bend up the compound curves needed to do a good repair - i need to find a rust cut! As 2002s are like hens teeth in NZ i will be hitting up 2002FAQ and UK 2002 forums to hopefully get hold of a couple of rust cuts - fingers crossed.

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