MX5 Rust Repairs - Welding In New Metal. Front Arches, Wing, Wheel Well
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- My MX5 failed it's MOT because of corrosion, I could either scrap the car, pay big bucks for a bodyshop to fix it, or I could buy a welding machine and learn how to patch up car panels myself.
It soon became apparent that there were many more rust holes and areas in need of rust treatment than I was expecting. The wing/fender, the inner arch/wheel well, crash bar and floorpan all have areas of corrosion.
This is my first experience welding and properly repairing rusty car panels, so obviously nothing in this video should be taken as advice, you are just watching me work on my car.
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00:00 Introduction
01:17 Inspection and Rust treatment
10:00 Working on The Wing (aka Fender)
14:35 Cutting Out Rusty Metal
18:13 Welding In Patches
31:54 Under Seal Protection - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Welcome back! Your videos are very useful
Thank you!
Good job!
Thank You!
Glad to see you back (and keeping the 5 alive)! You've made a tidy job of that! Fair play to ya.
Thank you!
@@RustLocker looking forward to more content on this 😁 I might even be tempted into buying a welder to tidy my mx5 up! Haha.
Well done you have done really good job
i would have used weld though primer on the inside of the plates
Thanks mate. Yea I should have but I did make sure the back surfaces were all coated in cavity wax after they were welded in. I'll use weld through primer on the other corner and see if one rusts out quicker than the other.... Then do it all again LOL.
@@RustLocker I was sad to see you are selling the aerodeck I've Recently had to sell mine
@@chris010281 Yea, its a sad situation all round mate.
You should really use weld through primer. Bare metal on the inside will start rusting again very quickly.
Yea I should have but I did make sure the back surfaces were all coated in cavity wax after they were welded in. I'll use weld through primer on the other corner and see if one rusts out quicker than the other.... Then do it all again LOL.
Great to see you post a new video mate👍how's the combo going?
Thanks mate, Combo is still good. Just passed its MOT today.
Well done buddy you’ve done yourself proud, great job
Thank you so much 😀
Been watching your videos a long time now. Glad to see you are back. I am about to tackle all of that myself. all four corners look like yours. Plan is to completely rebuild the underside of the car free of rust for another 10 years of smooth motoring.
Awesome, I wish you good luck with it. Just focus on small bits at a time, its easy to get overwhelmed when you think about it as a whole.
New subscriber, great channel mate as fellow NB owner. How is the car coming along?
Awesome videos man, really helped me along the way with my own NB. It needs a bit of welding too and for the prices I’ve been quoted I’ve been wondering if it’s worth trying my hand at a bit of welding too (wanted to since I was a kid). Keep the videos coming though such a good series :)