Sill & wheel arch repair
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Taken from Bill's post here


http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=76681




I bought panels from Montmoss LTD Bolton


www.body-panels.co.uk The sills are off an escort mark 3-4


Sills no.





Off side





Rear wheel arches


near side no.





Off side no.





Delivery approx.







Tel: 01204 393506 Fax: 01204 522114


E-mail: [email protected]




Tools I have used






















Angle Grinder.











This is the damaged section of the sill cut away, normally the top section of the sill is not rusty you will be welding the top of the sill to this section prepare by cleaning off all the paint off the top for the weld to take.






Use scaffold pole and clamps to increase the bend to approximately 90 degrees







This shows a small piece of the sill, as an example.









Section for repair at the bottom corner of the wheel arch







Inner and outer wing sections cleaned up ready for welding, you can see the new sill section in the bottom right hand corner that is welded in place.







This is the inner wing shaped and welded to the angle iron








make and weld a new outer section to the outer body, shaped and welded to the angle iron







A few views of the inner section repair that was made using a piece of the angle iron

















Note: this is it welded to the nearside wing.


Datsun Cherry Wheel Arch, this is the offside arch, I bought this from montmoss LTD






This is the wing cut out from just below the radius and slotted to allow the radius to mate with the MR2 inner wing and keep slotting as needed also the bottom left hand corner has to be cut to shape.









Cut and follow the chalk line to remove the excess so it tucks into the wing




Grind and Polish up the wheel arch ready for welding the new section when glued in place on the bottom radius










Apply plenty of liquid metal glue





Clamp the wing at the top with long nose pliers and tack every








This is how it should look when it is welded this is the near side








All the welds ground down ready for filling








use filler to make the radius and smooth the body line






This is the finished wing ready for painting after filling







Wing masked off and sprayed







Wing t-cut and polished sill, sprayed with underseal and ready for fitting the spoilers









I did this work in may 2006 and have been trying to get it to load since!

the only thing you get in a hurry is babys.




















ps thanks to paul woods for all his advice and help on the work I did.
