Surgery for the track car

[JGood]

Tremclad is very good and in US it is sold as Rustoleum (sp?) - Home Depot will have it. Rust dissolver is a good product if you gonna work on the metal right away, but if you want to just stop or protect it - use rust converter from rust check etc - it creates "black rust" - it stops any further spreading. There is also POR 15, but it requires proper preparation, while tremclad is more forgiving.

Awesome, thanks.

[Zorin]

Tremclad is very good and in US it is sold as Rustoleum (sp?) - Home Depot will have it. Rust dissolver is a good product if you gonna work on the metal right away, but if you want to just stop or protect it - use rust converter from rust check etc - it creates "black rust" - it stops any further spreading. There is also POR 15, but it requires proper preparation, while tremclad is more forgiving.

[JGood]

Good stuff. I use automotive tremclad primer on all my welded in patches. If you have any rust spots clean them with lacquer thinner and spray them with tremclad rust paint as a temporary fix to stop rust. It will last few years.

Thanks for the tip. I also have this "rust dissolver gel"... looks like basic pink acid. Any experience with that?

[Zorin]

I NEVER said that either, It's a term, simply a term. If it would have made your day, I'd have called it "Extra new-super fresh-virgin-unpreviously used-USDA Choice-metal" to satisfy you in regards to your project.

Thank you for using the proper terminology :D

[Farbin Kaiber]

...I understand that every piece of metal that was not removed from an e30 (regardless of rust etc) is considered scrap.

I NEVER said that either, It's a term, simply a term. If it would have made your day, I'd have called it "Extra new-super fresh-virgin-unpreviously used-USDA Choice-metal" to satisfy you in regards to your project.


Sorry, didn't catch the ...

/scrap argument

Noted.

[Zorin]

I used self etching. It's a track car, so "proper paint work" may or may not happen, depending on how I feel that day If it lasts another 3 years, I'll be thrilled.

Good stuff. I use automotive tremclad primer on all my welded in patches. If you have any rust spots clean them with lacquer thinner and spray them with tremclad rust paint as a temporary fix to stop rust. It will last few years.

[JGood]

/scrap argument

[JGood]

Thank you and your repair job looks very good.
I would recommend applying primer before applying paint and undercoating.

I used self etching. It's a track car, so "proper paint work" may or may not happen, depending on how I feel that day If it lasts another 3 years, I'll be thrilled.

[Zorin]

Hey amigo, by scrap I meant "non e30 component" material. Scrap, new, whatever. Bottom line is you used peices of metal, wheras he used peices of e30. Pull th pompasasity out of your attitude. For fcuks sake, Jessie James makes tanks/frames out of "Scrap/Bulk" so don't take it to the butt.

I simply pointed what you said before and explained what I used.
Now, I understand that every piece of metal that was not removed from an e30 (regardless of rust etc) is considered scrap.

[Farbin Kaiber]

It was me and I didn't weld in scrap metal, but brand new sheet metal same thickness as the original metal. Please don't post comments when you don't know what was used. You commented that welding in new pieces will make the car weaker - any comments this time or is it ok to weld in 20+ years old piece of metal versus brand sheet metal ?

Hey amigo, by scrap I meant "non e30 component" material. Scrap, new, whatever. Bottom line is you used peices of metal, wheras he used peices of e30. Pull th pompasasity out of your attitude. For fcuks sake, Jessie James makes tanks/frames out of "Scrap/Bulk" so don't take it to the butt.

[Zorin]

Easy turbo.... Looks like you got a nice build going though! This kind of work is fun when it's not your daily. This was second body job, and since it was on my track car vs. the daily, I actuall really enjoyed it.

Thank you and your repair job looks very good.
I would recommend applying primer before applying paint and undercoating.

[JGood]

Do yourself a favor and remove the rest of the sound deadening, a lot of hiding places for rust.

Yep, it's already gone. I've found a very small amount of rust on the drivers side floorboard, but due to time constraints it's going to have to wait til next winter. I know it will grow, but I simply don't have the ability to fix it if I am going to get it back on the track for the two series that I run.

[JGood]

It was me and I didn't weld in scrap metal, but brand new sheet metal same thickness as the original metal. Please don't post comments when you don't know what was used. You commented that welding in new pieces will make the car weaker - any comments this time or is it ok to weld in 20+ years old piece of metal versus brand sheet metal ?

Easy turbo.... Looks like you got a nice build going though! This kind of work is fun when it's not your daily. This was second body job, and since it was on my track car vs. the daily, I actuall really enjoyed it.

[155///MPH]

Do yourself a favor and remove the rest of the sound deadening, a lot of hiding places for rust.

[Zorin]

But this guy used pateches of what look like other e30's the other guy was using scrap.

It was me and I didn't weld in scrap metal, but brand new sheet metal same thickness as the original metal. Please don't post comments when you don't know what was used. You commented that welding in new pieces will make the car weaker - any comments this time or is it ok to weld in 20+ years old piece of metal versus brand sheet metal ?