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shannon-ob:
Well, this was far from ideal.

I’ve been prepping the underside ready to underseal.

I always knew that was a little scabby in this area but I did not expect this.

The wheel arch has a lot of like residue rust behind the seam sealer. Which now I’m thinking of removing as much seam sealer as possible and either applying new. Or stitch welding it

Side skirts were holding so much dirt and moisture it’s ended up doing this to the sill. Luckily it’s an easy fix. But sadly has pushed things back 1/2 week(s)

I did feel like throwing the towel in. But I’m way to far into this build to do that.








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Clarkj93:
Ouch... I've noticed some residue under some peeling seam sealer as well lately, sill i think is okay but will probs have a good look now after seeing this. I have been toying with the idea of removing the side skirts all together and the fitting screws as I've seen a few people with same issue as you here. Assuming they don't serve any functional purpose like deflecting crap from getting into places?

shannon-ob:

--- Quote from: Clarkj93 on April 03, 2021, 01:50:18 pm ---Ouch... I've noticed some residue under some peeling seam sealer as well lately, sill i think is okay but will probs have a good look now after seeing this. I have been toying with the idea of removing the side skirts all together and the fitting screws as I've seen a few people with same issue as you here. Assuming they don't serve any functional purpose like deflecting crap from getting into places?

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Seems to be very common with the skirts just catching all the road grim between the skirt itself and the arch liner. Skirts are only there for cosmetics. I will be running them again once this is repaired and the car is painted. But will most likely not run the arch liner nor will the car be out on sh*tty days.

I'd defo look into it sooner rather than later. At least get the arch liners out and clear the crap out.

Hypertuned:
In the old days cars didn't have arch liners, only sealant. Somethings were better back then than they are now, IMO.

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shannon-ob:

--- Quote from: Hypertuned on April 03, 2021, 02:01:36 pm ---In the old days cars didn't have arch liners, only sealant. Somethings were better back then than they are now, IMO.

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Not wrong mate. The worst ones are the fabric arch liners. Stupid idea.

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