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Projects - 156 GTA SportWagon 2003 Roof repair |
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| August 2016: Every now an then some unusual diseases pop up. The 156 is well known for its corrosion issues with the floor, but this good looking black metallic coloured 2003 GTA SportWagon has rust issues on the roof!!! So instead of the common floor issues something completely different this time. | |
 Rather unusual rust damage at roof line.
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 Rust on roof line, after cleaning operation looking a bit better.
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 Peeling away and cutting rust affected material.
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 Hand made repair piece clamped into position.
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 Welded section in roof cleaned up.
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 Repair completed and treated with anti corrosive coating.
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Besides the roof issues
there is also some starting rust at the front right hand side wheel arch. Nothing too
serious or complicated, however to avoid severe issues in the future
this small issues will be tackled as well. The rust affected section
will be cut out and replaced with fresh sheet metal material. In addition the trunk has
some surface rust issues, these will be dealt with as well. A check of
the floor, which is the normal problem area for most 156's shows only
one area with superficial corrosion, no need for any replacement.
Apparently the floor was repaired by somebody else before.
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 Wheelarch on right hand front side with starting rust.
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 Rust affected material cut out.
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 Newly made small repair section welded in position. |
 Applied anti corrosive coating, looking healthy again.
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After finishing my weld repair
activities the car is brought to a painter to repaint the small areas
affected by my repairs. Since these areas are clearly visible areas I
don't do the painting myself but leave it up to a specialist. Everybody
has their specialism and I don't imply that I'm a paint specialist so
it's better to leave that up to someone who does this kind of work
daily. The repaired sections are small therefore the painting is
difficult to do without being visible. On May 11th the car comes back
from the painter and the result is stunning. It can't be seen that these
small sections were repainted. In the end it's a good looking end
result.
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 Right hand side front wheel arch, repair completely invisible after painting. |
 Left hand side roof, repair also completely invisible after painting. |
| Last update: January 29th 2017 | |
 
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