My AE86 - On the mend

[Jezza_hr]

Back in November, as some may recall, I had a bit of a moment in my car, whereby I nearly had a collision with someone out on the road, but rather than have a head on crash, I hit the curb with quite some force, causing this:





After much messing around with the potential of re-shelling the car due to a lack of panel beaters willing to touch the car due to it's age. I finally found an old style panel beater who has repaired the damage:





So, now with things looking to be back on track, I have gone over the car to see what can be removed and uncovered for any other repairs prior to a respray and I have found some holes in a few places that I didn't expect









The repairs have started, with the help from a friend who is handy with a welder



While I strip the car ready for fresh paint







While I wait for further welding work to be done and for the car to go in the oven ready for pain preparation, I have some new goodies waiting to go on the car an more on the way, but I hope to update with those over the coming month.

[pack]

Very doable.... some rust.... Needs love!

Keep it up!

regards

[[Walaki]D`Lair]

You really didnt expect any rust on a Hachi under the sideskirts?

[Vaptor]

Nice repair work
And yea they tend to have a little rust, just look at my project

[Jezza_hr]

[Walaki]D`Lair Wrote:You really didnt expect any rust on a Hachi under the sideskirts?

Well, that does feel like it has come out of nowhere, since it didn't seem that long ago that I had the sideskirt off and there was no signs of rust under there, but it's only on the near-side, the off-side is rock solid. It's more the hole in the bulkhead under the arch that got me, I have been pulling cables in and out of there for a long time, but it was only when I poked around with a screwdriver, that I noticed there was something hiding underneath the seam sealer.

[[Walaki]D`Lair]

One winter with salty roads is enough for so much rust if you dont have adequate protection

[sukun]

while u at it, swap the power steering to manual type mate. lol

[Jezza_hr]

The prep and paintwork




































XTR FRP Wings

[pack]

Those fenders are the replicas of my own fenders! Awesome!

[J-86]

Just wondering where did you get your 86 sprayed looking to get mine done. cheers, James