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| | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 | this about my PT cruiser. i have 4-5 rust bubbles on the fender and i want to know if there is an easy way to take care of them without profession help???????/ i have no skills in this area.
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 | Check with the Chrysler dealer, maybe there is a warranty or bulletin/recall, where they would fix it for free. It wouldn't hurt to ask, right? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 |
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 443 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 443 | I hate to tell you but if the metal has rust bubbles it is going to be through the metal when you clean it up. It would need to be cut out & a patch welded in or get another fender. I would try to patch it, then you have a small area to re-paint. If you replace the fender you will have to paint the fender and blend the paint into the adjacent panels to get a color match.
OR, you could grind the rust out and fill it with body filler. That should hold it for about 6 months.
1957 Chevrolet 1/2-ton Stepside LB in the Gallery My Photobucket shots The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 | mayby someone will hit it in the parking lot and the insurance can have it fixed ha just kidding!!! it dont sound good tho. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | If you have easy access to both sides clean all the rust off, slightly dimple the metal in, close the hole up from the back side with some fiberglass cloth, bondo the outer side, sand and paint. Then get some spray undercoating and cover the glass patch.
This should hold you for quite some time, but don't be surprised if you don't find something similar somewhere else. Unless this part was defective allowing the rust there's a good chance it's endemic to the vehicle and more rust will show up down the line. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 | the body shop is talking about $600.00 to repair. the fender area is enclosed and hard to get to. the fender is part of the whole rear structure. the other side was t-boned and replaced 2 years ago. thanks for the responses. i guess i will have to bite the bullet, i keep a car along time, 20 years on the last one. ron
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
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