Saving the vert

Here is a pic of my rear bumper



Glad I never got rear ended.



threw a coat of rust converter on them along with the underbody. Fortunately I didn't have to do the whole underbody; the previous owner got it undercoated but whoever did it missed a large chunk of the rear, most likely because it would have caused them to drop the exhaust; which was a PITA. I would have just hacked off the hangers like I did the stockers, but this exhaust it gonna stay for a while.

Another coat tomorrow along with some sanding and rust converting of the fenders and I'm almost to bondo!

good luck!

Thanks Liz. I mustn't fail!

Damn dude, that looks pretty shitty! but a huge +1 to saving a 240 let along a Vert.

how are the frame rail's on the vert? keep us updated with how it goes.

The frame rails are great; was a huge seller. As I said, the previous owner did get the underbody coated, but most likely never had it washed.

make sure u do a good job on fixing the rust so then next u can do my hatch

lol. so long as you don't mind bringing it to me.

thats fine i like driving usually.

You guys should be using "rust bullet" its not cheap but kicks major ass. Hard as freaking nails when its done. Have you considered having the back media blasted? It would not be too terribly expensive.

Evan

I'm using

http://www.thewinningfinish.com/plastikote/indust/template.jsp?searchcode=AMP&product=RustConverter

in the liquid brush on form and some other stuff in spray form that I don't feel like going to the garage to see the label for.

What's media blasted?

Sandblasting or soda blasting.

Soda blasting kicks ass because it can be washed away with water. There are guys in chicago that travel in trucks and will do it on site. Does an amazing job.

There is also an attachment for gas power washers to make them wet sandblasters. Media blasting will get into the spots you cannot reach easily or at all.

240sxguy wrote:Sandblasting or soda blasting.

Soda blasting kicks ass because it can be washed away with water. There are guys in chicago that travel in trucks and will do it on site. Does an amazing job.

There is also an attachment for gas power washers to make them wet sandblasters. Media blasting will get into the spots you cannot reach easily or at all.

X2 on media blasting.

if your gonna do it, you might as do it right the first time.

check like Farm N Fleet / Tractor supply companies they sometimes offer media blasting stuff (i know the delavan TSC does)

i'd really like to do that to Liz's coupe next winter.

The rust is a little worse than I thought:







WTF is this, a Honda?!? Lol. 60 grit ain't cuttin it, gotta get something stronger.

stronger? a hacksaw, and a day of welding.

I'm bondoin this shit. I don't have a welder.

mmm240 wrote:I'm bondoin this shit. I don't have a welder.

that sounds like a really bad idea. stay away from large amounts of bondo

yeah.. all the bondo will do is let it rust from the inside out then..

if you want to get rid of cancer, you need to remove it.

ouch, that rust looks really bad

I got some rust converter for what I miss, which won't be much

imho get a parts car that isnt rusted too bad, and do some swapping.

That thought has crossed my mind, but I'm almost positive these are vert specific quarter panels

take a picture, ill be able to tell you.

Good?

rust converter will NOT fix that

and bondo is NOT structural. you cant just lay bondo over a hole. it will just crack out. you need to cut that metal out and weld in new sheets. bondo is just a finisher...

looks just about the same, except for around where the c-pilliars would be