








Last year I picked up 2 brand new Toyota rear repair panels for the princely sun of









In January I decided to start removing the rear panels, so with a combination of spot weld cutter and drills I set about my car, passenger side first.











The rot was worse than I thought so had to replace the inner arches as well, Toyota no longer do them but MK3 Fiesta inner arches from Beevers were quite close, but still require some cutting.














Next I had to repair the rear of the sill, and then fit the new panels.












After much spot welding and sealing it was done.









The rear of the sill on this side was worse but fixable




Then the new panel was fitted







The bottom corners of the rear valance both had to be replaced with new metal.













And then the guard under the rear floor was removed and POR15ed and tidied up in general










While I was down there I replaced the suspension bushes with poly and had the arms powder coated










Next big problem was the top of the windscreen, I had the glass removed




I had no metal left.








After some more welding and filling and some POR15






















Then it was off for a respray




Here are some of it when I got it back


















And finally a bit of Marmite, I am not sure whether I love it or hate it














You decide

