Still removing factory seam sealer, started the drivers rear arch, a little rust to sort. Before pics. After.
Today I finished the drivers side rear arch. First I sandblasted and scuffed the inner arch a little just to get It ready for epoxy primer. Epoxy primed. Started the large task of seam sealing before another coat of epoxy primer. I'm still not entirely happy with this but I'm sure It will be well hidden after some stone gaurd.
Spent the last few days striping the entire Golf off paint. Good few hours here mostly done with paint stripper, DA sander and wire wheels. I've found a few area's that need attention mainly dent's.
More photo's, I'm very pleased with the lack of rust I've found It's a shame i found a bit more panel damage than i would have liked. Started some filler work, there's alot more filler than needed here as It was hot so got it on fast. Rust. Worst of the panel damage, Dent and crease from top of the fuel filler across to rear taillight.
Done a few bit's today until some women started shouting about the noise, don't even no who but i want to. Going to call the council great. Rear quarter damage, a better pic with guide coat to show the damage. Sanded down the roof and epoxy primed. Cut a hole to repair jacking point.
Few bits done today, kept the noise down a bit which is only slowing me down. Cut another hole in the passenger side jacking point. decided to replace both side's so It looks symmetrical. Cut some steel disc's to fill the hole's. Welded, not the best welding I've ever done but not done any in a few weeks Ground down both side's ready for the stumps to go back on. I'm tempted to rivet them as there a bit of a rust trap. Driver's side. Passenger side. Managed to Knock the dent's out the quarter panel a bit with a slap file and dolly, just needs minor amount of filler now. Pic before filler, already did a load of slap file and dolly work on Wednesday before my neighbors started. First skim of filler. Block sanded that down which got me this, not to bad a few knockdowns and a few more skims needed.
Managed to prep for some more epoxy primer today, scuffed, hand sanded bare steel then panel wiped about 20 times. Pictures.
New jacking point stumps arrived yesterday, so thought id get them fitted today. New stumps drilled for plug welds. Weld primer applied. Drivers side welded and cleaned up. Passenger side welded and cleaned up. Forced a load of epoxy primer in each side with spray gun and brush, looks messy but will clean it up after It's dry. Drivers side. Passenger side.
Did a bit more today mainly seam sealing and some more primer. First I spot blasted around the floor blanks and masked them for some primer. Floor blanks blasted ready for primer. Floor blanks primed and refitted and seam sealed. Underside floor seam sealing. Spot blasted some rust. Epoxy primer.
Removed headliner last week. Removed sound proofing and glue residue from inside roof skin which left me with some rusty spots. I spent a few hours today spot blasting and sanding ready for some paint for protection before more soundproofing. Applied some epoxy primer. Then applied raptor straight after wet on wet thinned for gravity fed gun. Hopefully that has protected the inner roof skin for a few more years. I will more than likely stick some spray wax in the cavities before re fitting the headliner.
Few more hours managed today. Fitted some new sound proofing to inner roof skin, I've used a lot as the roof skin was pretty flimsy and tinny before. Did a load more seam sealing.
Picked up some parts from the Powdercoaters. These are still the genuine vw items. Few other bits unwrapped
Sandblasted the rain tray out today, there's an annoying rust hole right In the corner. I'm not sure how I will tackle this. First pics after blasting. Epoxy primed, access was a nightmare.
Headliner recovered, cracked the board in a few places. These mk2 headliner boards are pants just polystyrene.
Been sorting out the rust patches around the windscreen scuttle today. First pics is the little bits of rot. Next pics of a few repairs done and ground down. Left hand drive wiper hole removed and plated. Reapair piece tacked in. Fully welded. First grind over on the weld. Fully ground down and finished. There's a few high and low spots but a skim of filler should sort It out.
Had to reinstate my modified engine stand so I felt safe stripping the back axle beam out. Passenger rear inner arch before strip down. Pics after rear axle and other parts stripped from the back underside. I can now get on and strip the rest of the sealer.
Few photo's of progress this week. Cut the rust out the corner of the rain tray. Stripped rubber undercoat from passenger side rear inner wheel arch. Pics are before epoxy primer. Epoxy primed. Started stripping rubber under from rear underside.
