Once again I started a "minor" project that evolved into a regrettable ordeal after the first steps. I should call myself the hindsight savant or something like that.
The rust on the fender:
A minor eyesore, patch it up before polishing and maybe increase the rock-bottom resale value even a bit.
So I decided to take off the fender since its pretty simple on these, the fender bends back behind the front bumper so there's a bit of rust where I couldn't get to it otherwise.
After removing the headlight, blinker, battery, left hood latch, side marker light, wheel, drilling out 7 rivets, wheel liner, only snapping 2 rusty bolts and one that came with the surrounding metal still attached. Only took 1,5h with a friend.
The backside of the fender looks like this:
There you can probably figure out where I tried to turn a bolt and the metal around the bolt turned too, leaving a nice hole.
The worst of it is below (and behind) the bumper, but I managed to stick a screwdriver clean through the visible part, eventually I got a nice thumb-sized hole and very pitted metal around it.
Currently looking for two new (used) front fenders. All the red ones seem to be just as faded as mine, which is great if I can't be arsed to polish this thing when the time comes.
Oh yeah and I got the summer tires balanced, no more shaking. The perfect time to dismantle the car for an indefinite time!
The rust on the fender:
A minor eyesore, patch it up before polishing and maybe increase the rock-bottom resale value even a bit.
So I decided to take off the fender since its pretty simple on these, the fender bends back behind the front bumper so there's a bit of rust where I couldn't get to it otherwise.
After removing the headlight, blinker, battery, left hood latch, side marker light, wheel, drilling out 7 rivets, wheel liner, only snapping 2 rusty bolts and one that came with the surrounding metal still attached. Only took 1,5h with a friend.
The backside of the fender looks like this:
There you can probably figure out where I tried to turn a bolt and the metal around the bolt turned too, leaving a nice hole.
The worst of it is below (and behind) the bumper, but I managed to stick a screwdriver clean through the visible part, eventually I got a nice thumb-sized hole and very pitted metal around it.
Currently looking for two new (used) front fenders. All the red ones seem to be just as faded as mine, which is great if I can't be arsed to polish this thing when the time comes.
Oh yeah and I got the summer tires balanced, no more shaking. The perfect time to dismantle the car for an indefinite time!
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