My car is lucky to be very rust free. I dont have holes in my door jambs or sills the way I have seen on other Berettas. I also have a very clean underbody, my car must have been rust proofed.
The body if my car is very nice. I have one ding to take out, but otherwise 2-3 tiny dings and it looks like a car of only a couple years old.
But the original owner in the early 90's scraped the rear 1/4. He either did the repair himself or did it at a shop. Needless to say a few years ago a small rust bubble developed. When I had the car in the body shop I fixed it for about $350-400.
6 months later it came back. Over the past couple of years it has gotten worse. I was now quoted $1000 to do it right. Its not just the money, its the principal and annoyance that has kept me from doing it.
So I decided to be proactive. I am going to work on it myself. I am not going to do a professional repair. But I am willing to bet I can make it look far more presentable. I figure make it last a few months and not let it spread anymore until I have the car in the shop for some other things like painting the GFX.
Here are the before pics, I will take progress pics and after pics later.
The body if my car is very nice. I have one ding to take out, but otherwise 2-3 tiny dings and it looks like a car of only a couple years old.
But the original owner in the early 90's scraped the rear 1/4. He either did the repair himself or did it at a shop. Needless to say a few years ago a small rust bubble developed. When I had the car in the body shop I fixed it for about $350-400.
6 months later it came back. Over the past couple of years it has gotten worse. I was now quoted $1000 to do it right. Its not just the money, its the principal and annoyance that has kept me from doing it.
So I decided to be proactive. I am going to work on it myself. I am not going to do a professional repair. But I am willing to bet I can make it look far more presentable. I figure make it last a few months and not let it spread anymore until I have the car in the shop for some other things like painting the GFX.
Here are the before pics, I will take progress pics and after pics later.
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