So we've been back home from college for over a month now, and have been hard at work to get the car done. Our initial goal was to have it done for East Coast Bash, but it just didn't happen soon enough.
We unwrapped the car, and found that the "rust neutralizer" paste we applied to the bare metal actually accelerated the formation of rust! And totally fucked up everything we grinded down last year. This meant we needed to once again grind the entire bay back down to bare metal!
In addition to this, you may have seen previously that we've made repairs that were honestly pretty shitty, but we tried our best. We keep trying to correct those as our skills improve, and one of those fixes was redoing the rear corner of the bay where we made a crap patch that looked awful.
Now you see it
Now you don't!
New patch going in, trying to make it match the oem curve of the wheel well.
Grinding down the bay and prepping for body filler. Our goal was to use as little filler as possible, so it reduces the chances of cracking. This makes the bay look less perfect, but it's worth it over cracked paint.
More grinding.
Had to fix a few more places. At this point I wish I just cut all of the stock metal out and made the tubs extend all the way to the firewall. Maybe next time (;
Much better than the first time!
