Is this rust repairable?

[djyo]

Are these arches long gone or is there a chance of saving them?


Same with this beaton up panel, its had a few dents at some point, do you recon a panel beater could sort this out?

Small bit of rust on door and boot too, is this also repairable?




cheers cheers

[Vauxhall Jim]

Thats nothing mate, you want to try repairing a Discovery, then you will see real rot lol

Nothing a bit of TLC cant sort out. My brocade Astra is worse than that and I'm going to be sorting that out in summer

[Jay]

Panel beater would easily sort this but for a steep price why not do it yourself not that difficult

[djyo]

Never tryed any body repairs other than spraying some bumpers on my old astra but il willing to give it a go.

For the rust is it as simple as sanding it back to bear metal, zinc primar first then filler then paint?

I watched a panel beater once fixing a few small dents, he put things like very small nails in the pannel then pulled them to pop out the dent is this what i will need to do here?

Its the paintint too that im unsure about, like what i need zink priemer, base coat and top coat, i have only used priemer, paint and the laquer.
Im lucky to have painters at my work that do homers so could get them to do that actual painting

[innovation]

Thats nothing mate, you want to try repairing a Discovery, then you will see real rot

So true lol

[Paul]

Is it worth having it done?

[djyo]

yeh i bought it to replace my 5dr astra redtop as no longer need 5drs with the wee one getting big, so its an ongoing project c20xe gsi rep

[djyo]

bump, can somone give me a list of what il need? Any how to's on this kicking about?

[Jay]

bump, can somone give me a list of what il need? Any how to's on this kicking about?

Try doing a search on migweb for how to,s or were people have asked this question before

[metzy motiv]

In short, Wire wheel on a grinder and remover EVERY black spot of rust, if it crumbles away then weld in a little piece etc, got to say on what looks like the bottom of the wing though, id replace the wing, its dafte to mess with rust AND dents on a bolt on panel.

Wayne

[andy_gsi]

Thats nothing mate, you want to try repairing a Discovery, then you will see real rot lol

Nothing a bit of TLC cant sort out. My brocade Astra is worse than that and I'm going to be sorting that out in summer

so true want to come finish my discovery lol

[vauxhall_astra]

their easy compare to what i had to do on my mk3 lmao

[dave's.cavy]

My Diplomat Cavalier was much worse than that lmao

[vauxhall_astra]

you think thats bad lmao