I had the typical small rust spots appearing over the rear wheel wells. The rust damage was under a dime in size in a few spots and wasn't rusted through. Once I hit the damaged areas with a wire wheel and sander the holes just opened up. I finished the rust removal with a sandblaster which came in handy for the hard to reach areas. After removing all rust I glassed in the damaged areas (from the inside of the vehicle) with fiberglass cloth and resin (thicker gel variety). Once the fiberglass cured I sanded it down and skimmed some body filler over the area. A little more sanding and then 4 coats of sandable primer.
I removed the rear trim and you can see the obvious damaged areas. I sandblasted the area to remove all rust.
A closer look at the damage (and my rear tire!)
Here is a picture of the rear passenger quarter panel damage. The actual rust prior to this pic didn't look that bad.
Once again you can see the open air via the rust damage.
In the pic below I used Rattle can Sandable primer (4 coats) and didn't applied a finish coat (yet)... I was planning on wet sanding the primer and then spraying some rattle can finish the following week. Well I guess certain primers (like this) are porous and will allow moisture to get in and bubble up the paint... This can be seen in the daylight picture below... I will be sanding it down again and recoating with POR-15 instead of the rattle can primer to ensure no further rust issues.
Here is a picture of just POR-15 over the fiberglass repair. This area is covered by the trim so I didn't use any body filler to smooth it out.
I removed the rear trim and you can see the obvious damaged areas. I sandblasted the area to remove all rust.
A closer look at the damage (and my rear tire!)
Here is a picture of the rear passenger quarter panel damage. The actual rust prior to this pic didn't look that bad.
Once again you can see the open air via the rust damage.
In the pic below I used Rattle can Sandable primer (4 coats) and didn't applied a finish coat (yet)... I was planning on wet sanding the primer and then spraying some rattle can finish the following week. Well I guess certain primers (like this) are porous and will allow moisture to get in and bubble up the paint... This can be seen in the daylight picture below... I will be sanding it down again and recoating with POR-15 instead of the rattle can primer to ensure no further rust issues.
Here is a picture of just POR-15 over the fiberglass repair. This area is covered by the trim so I didn't use any body filler to smooth it out.