thanks for the help guys. ill try and get photos. im just in denial of painting...what a pain in the ass:P

hey the top picture looks just like mine atm wait a minute no theres not enough rust one day it will be done...one day.

My Car....

Before: -



And after: -



I swear.... Never again!

how is this for rust commitment

im also in sydney if that helps
i wouldnt reccomend doing it yourself it needs to be sealed properly etc

you mean like this?




I fixed mine up myself. Not the easiest job, but if you can drive a grinder and a welder ok, and have some experience welding sheet metal you should be ok. Otherwise get some one to do it for you.

Here's my repair job:
cut it out



cut it out some more, and weld up the first two bits



weld it up



Not hard if you have the patience/skills/tools.

As for the back, there's a lot less margin for error there. If you mess it up, you'll see it every time you look at your car, as a pose to this, you only see it when you look in the corner of the engine bay. Still, if you're determined to do it yourself, it works pretty much the same way. Just watch out that excess heat doesn't warp the panels and make it worse warpings not hard to do...

can u post some pics and i can quote it i am a panel beater

Hey there Guys and Girls,

Ok im quite new to dattos so im just inquiring about a bit of rust in my 1200 sedan on the join between the firewall and engine bay. and also around the rear wheel arches. how much would this be to fix?ect... what should i do? thanks in advance for your help

Fitzy