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sunshine 04-22-2003 10:52 AM

hey,

so I pulled the interior trim and headliner to have a look-see under there - looks like the pinch-weld in the top corners is starting to rust a bit. The paint is also bubbling up on the roof right by the reveal molding.



I want a pro to do the windshield work, but I do not want to pay a bodyshop a ton of $$ to fix the rust areas. So what I will try to do is get the windshield guy to remove the glass one day, and come back to replace it another. In the meantime, I will buy some POR-15, and try to treat the affected area myself. I've never done any body work before...so this should be interesting. I'm actually kinda nervous.



The real trick is to minimize the cars downtime to 1 or 2 days. She is my only car. I gettign really depressed over this...I've put so much work into her. And now the body is begining to dessintegrate. Damn...must not let that rust spread!



Any suggestions / ideas from you more experienced body-work guys?

vosko 04-22-2003 11:03 AM

if you do this its gonna be down for a day or two just to let the stuff cure isn't it? pm turbovr6 he can probably help you out recommending a body place

turbovr6 04-22-2003 02:04 PM

I can tell you first off that no glass shop or body shop will guarentee that the winshield won't break when they try and take it out. Where are you located? maybe I can help you out some more.

vosko 04-22-2003 02:07 PM

north jersey!

sunshine 04-22-2003 02:09 PM

Hey,

I live in Whippany (Parsippany), and work in Paramus. The I-80 parkinglot is my home away from home.



I am planning on getting a new windshield...so I don't care about the old one breaking.

turbovr6 04-22-2003 02:18 PM

Are you in a hurry? If not I know a guy at the glass shop I deal with that does "side jobs" I can ask him how much to pull your glass, fix the rust, and put it back(or a new one). I'm sure I'll see him by friday. he's in passaic, if he does'nt want to travel that far, you can just use my house as the workshop

sunshine 04-22-2003 02:21 PM


Originally Posted by turbovr6' date='Apr 22 2003, 02:18 PM
Are you in a hurry?

That would be cool with me. I can deffinately wait a few more days. The crack has been slowly spreading accross the glass for 2 months now...so whats a few more days gonna do!



After you talk to him, give me a PM, or email is even faster sunshine1696@juno.com

and we can work out the details. Thank you,

-alex

vosko 04-22-2003 02:29 PM

you live in whippany. damn i forgot lol



we have so many damn rx7's around here i can't keep track of all of them!

sunshine 04-22-2003 02:33 PM


Originally Posted by vosko' date='Apr 22 2003, 02:29 PM
we have so many damn rx7's around here i can't keep track of all of them!

How can you not keep track of them all? You used to own 1/2 of them at some point or another https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

vosko 04-22-2003 02:41 PM

you have a point there https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif


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