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11-11-2020, 02:31 PM | #1 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 514081
Join Date: Apr 2020
Vehicle:2003 Impreza WRX 02C WR Blue |
2003 wrx rust repair, rear left quarter panel.
Hi! I bought this car in this condition, and it has come time to weld in some new metal! The only problem is, I don't know what the frame is supposed to look like underneath the nice shiny stuff. I bought all the important metal pieces pre-fabbed but still need to build up what's underneath on the frame as it is rusted to rat. does anyone have a diagram or some pics of what it is supposed to look like on the inside of what's circled? Thanks!
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11-11-2020, 04:39 PM | #2 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 459287
Join Date: Dec 2016
Chapter/Region:
VIC
Location: Vancouver BC Canada
Vehicle:1998 JDM Impreza STi V4 GF8 White |
Stop using Imgur!
If they do, hopefully they use the NASIOC image host so that the pictures can be embedded into their posts and easily seen.
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11-11-2020, 05:27 PM | #3 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 337836
Join Date: Nov 2012
Chapter/Region:
NESIC
Location: Connecticut
Vehicle:2002 WRX Wagon Aspen White |
Seeing as this is a GD wagon, you should take a look at the rear strut towers and maybe then it will finally convince you that what you are about to attempt to do is a massive waste of time and money.
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11-11-2020, 05:46 PM | #4 |
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Chapter/Region:
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Location: Hopkinton, MA
Vehicle:2021 Building It Better |
Arg. If your profile pic of a wagon is the car you're talking about, you have a lot more investigation to do before you do anything. Look up the structural rust issues with these cars. There's sort of a sandwich of metal that make up the rear strut towers and the bad decisions to put more metal in that easily picks up moisture and rusts from the inside out. If it's a goner, and you're a welder, I suppose you can fabricate and weld in anything. But it needs to be solid.
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11-12-2020, 12:59 PM | #5 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 514081
Join Date: Apr 2020
Vehicle:2003 Impreza WRX 02C WR Blue |
haha I had no idea that was a thing, thanks!
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11-12-2020, 12:59 PM | #6 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 514081
Join Date: Apr 2020
Vehicle:2003 Impreza WRX 02C WR Blue |
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11-13-2020, 01:30 PM | #7 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 470845
Join Date: Jul 2017
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Iowa
Vehicle:2011 Sti DGM |
Oh dear god!! I fixed my 04 wrx wagon last year. My exterior rust was maybe 1/2 as bad as yours, and both strut towers had holes in them I could put my hand through. As already stated, you have a lot more to explore there. You need to gut the rear completely and see what is under the carpet and the plastic seatbelt covers in the rear. I have pics of mine and how I fixed it. I will try and post them later. One last thing is it was a major PITA, and I am a welder by trade so there is that.
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11-13-2020, 01:34 PM | #8 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 470845
Join Date: Jul 2017
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Iowa
Vehicle:2011 Sti DGM |
As for the comments of it being a waste of time and $$, it is definitely a waste of time. Very little money is needed. Just time, patience, scrap metal and of course some skills.
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11-13-2020, 02:15 PM | #9 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 470845
Join Date: Jul 2017
Chapter/Region:
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Location: Iowa
Vehicle:2011 Sti DGM |
Well I set up nasioc image host, uploaded the pics but cant seem to figure out how to actually post them, Im a FN car guy not a computer guy!!
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11-16-2020, 07:00 PM | #10 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 459287
Join Date: Dec 2016
Chapter/Region:
VIC
Location: Vancouver BC Canada
Vehicle:1998 JDM Impreza STi V4 GF8 White |
I'll admit, it seems to be a lot of steps to go back after the images are uploaded to acquire the embedding links for each image.
I usually have two windows open (the forum and the uploading site), and then copy and paste the embedding links into my posts while uploading each one. |
11-16-2020, 07:28 PM | #11 |
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Location: Hopkinton, MA
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Go to any picture. Click "embed codes". Scroll down and at BB Code, a "copy" box will appear. Left click that. Then in your nasioc post, ctl-v and it's done.
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11-16-2020, 07:47 PM | #12 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 459287
Join Date: Dec 2016
Chapter/Region:
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Location: Vancouver BC Canada
Vehicle:1998 JDM Impreza STi V4 GF8 White |
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