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    everyones favourite, i've now got alot on my rear arch, soon to be arches. but other than respraying them, what can i do to stop the rust coming back?

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    You can get new panels welded in.

    I was quoted around £200 for each arch, but mine isn't bad at all really.

    After getting that done use Dinitrol or something similar on the inside of the arches.

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    Has anyone used that Waxoyl stuff to good effect?

    Either that or I was thinking about just hammeriting the inside of the arches and around the surrounding metalwork you can get to - it's not like anyone will see it...

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    Ooh, also, has anyone got the plastic wings that you can get? How would they attach? Cut the old ones off and bond them in?

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    yeah i bonded all mine on with a few flushed rivets too

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    It's a tempting prospect - no rust issues if you can bond them properly and rust-proof the bits where you've cut the metal...

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    i think rusts inevitable on the mk1, even after work its only a matter of time till it starts coming back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bill.
    i think rusts inevitable on the mk1, even after work its only a matter of time till it starts coming back.
    If you get the arches cut out then new ones welded in with the right rust-proofing there is no reason it should rust anymore than a newer car?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BristolSam16v
    Quote Originally Posted by bill.
    i think rusts inevitable on the mk1, even after work its only a matter of time till it starts coming back.
    If you get the arches cut out then new ones welded in with the right rust-proofing there is no reason it should rust anymore than a newer car?
    yeah in theory, but theres people who have had that done on here and have had the rust return, seen it mentioned in other posts.

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    whats the crack with these plastic wings then?


 

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