Well here is a slight update!
Been under the bus most evenings scraping off the old stonechip that was starting to peel off! Some of it wanted to come off very easily however other parts were stuck fast like sh*t to a blanket!
Whilst scraping away in the front wheel arches I managed to scrape away a little more than stonechip as my scraper dissapeared into the rot I found, it was hidden under a thick layer of stonechip and seems to have been caused by a drain hole being blocked - was exactly the same on the other side! In 2 years this is the very first (small) amount of rust that has been found!
Some pics
Scraped off the stonechip to find this (inner wheel arch RHS)
Got my mighty dremmel out and got rid of the rotten metal
Finger for scale! lol
Here is a pic of the other wheel arch - looks very minor and I wouldnt have spotted it normally
Bit more cutting
Dressed off the edges and applied some primer
All booked in @PerfectPaint in Lincoln for the welding and some TLC so not too serious, I would have loved to have a go at repairing it myself but I dont have any welding gear!
To break the monotony of scrapey scrapey and getting stonechip and clag in my face eyes - everywhere I decided to give the wheels some loving! Had the new skinny front tyres fitted on Friday so needed to give them a good waxing and put some of that tyre black stuff on! They they look sweet
The rears came off with no issues - didnt even have to drop the suspension!
145/65/15 Fronts :msn4:
195/60/15 Rears
Rear width compared to front!
Best I get back out there and continue scraping! :lol: