This weekend I started ripping out my old carpet to lay down some sound deadening and put in a new carpet kit, but when I removed the wheel well covers I noticed this.
I decided to try grinding away some of the loose surface rust and it kept going. It looks like water came in from the outside of the wheel well along the top seam and then just sat in this pocket for a long time. I cleaned out the pocket as best I could and put some naval jelly in there to sit and while it does look better its still clearly has rust penetrating in the area and now it has a hole to the outside world from the grinding.
Normally I would be for cutting out the rusted area and patching in a panel but with this being part of the seat mount and not easy access to a welder at the moment I am wondering how others might tackle this. A friend suggested just treating it with POR-15 and then sealing it up really well and bonding a small patch to cover up the hole from the inside.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated!
I decided to try grinding away some of the loose surface rust and it kept going. It looks like water came in from the outside of the wheel well along the top seam and then just sat in this pocket for a long time. I cleaned out the pocket as best I could and put some naval jelly in there to sit and while it does look better its still clearly has rust penetrating in the area and now it has a hole to the outside world from the grinding.
Normally I would be for cutting out the rusted area and patching in a panel but with this being part of the seat mount and not easy access to a welder at the moment I am wondering how others might tackle this. A friend suggested just treating it with POR-15 and then sealing it up really well and bonding a small patch to cover up the hole from the inside.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated!