jus wanna know if its real hard to cut out the rust in the boot gutter under the rubber,and weld a plate in there??and what about the windscreens?every1 just bogs them up aye?but i would rather not....any ideas would be appreciated....

mate of mine cut the guter thing out and fiber glased it up, and the windscreen bloke just bogged my windscreen in litterley

I found a place which sells that panel under the windscreen, so im getting the whole panel replaced, rust wont come back for a while.....

wood how much is that setting you back? I need to do that to my front windscreen just not sure on the pricing.

wood 22 how much is that gonna cost u?i didnt know its a panel...it looks like a part of the body to me

As long as my Calais doesn't fall apart in the time I have it, I couldn't care less about the rust. Bog on.

Apparantly this place sells the panel and its joined to look like 1 piece. Its getting done thru a mate, who gonna respray half the car and "cure all cancer" and i probably wont get much change from a grand. I think the panel was something like 45 bucks, but dont quote me on that, im not sure.

The windscreen sills are welded in, not bolted like some other panels. The old sill is cut out and the new one welded in its place.

wats the go with the front windscreen ive got abit of cancer in there... anyideas ???

the sills can be brought from rarespares....i just purchased one and have grinded the old rusted out one and am waiting on the other one getting welded in...it set me back $133 but i believe is wel worth it and better then bog etc. have a look on http://www.rarespares.net.au in the vb-vl section i think its under rust repair then the name of the panel. the price on the website is more expensive then i paid i know i went into the shop ad they said $133 so i didnt complain. if u guys want ill take some pics of it.

Its not that easy repairing that ****. People put bog over it but its only a matter of time when it comes back up through the bog. Its probobly best if the panel gets chopped out and you weld a new panel back on.If you Chop the seal and put a metal plate back on youll have fun sculpturing the filler i reckon. Cheers Con

Quote: Originally Posted by redvlexec wood 22 how much is that gonna cost u?i didnt know its a panel...it looks like a part of the body to me Im pretty certain its apart of the Body too. I cant picture it being a panel Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by pranksta the sills can be brought from rarespares....i just purchased one and have grinded the old rusted out one and am waiting on the other one getting welded in...it set me back $133 but i believe is wel worth it and better then bog etc. have a look on http://www.rarespares.net.au in the vb-vl section i think its under rust repair then the name of the panel. the price on the website is more expensive then i paid i know i went into the shop ad they said $133 so i didnt complain. if u guys want ill take some pics of it. hey, if u wouldnt mind taking some pictures of it would love to see the work.. thanks

Are the sills new? $133 is worth it if the sills are new..

If the rust in the boot isn't too bad yet, get some grease and lube the affected areas up and that should take care of it for quite a while to come yet. I've got quite a bit of rust forming in the floor of the boot under the carpet. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that, maybe the grease trick, maybe I'll take a leaf out of dad's book and use fish oil (which I REALLY don't want to do, coz it stinks beyond the stench of anything else!)

hey, wat about in the front where theres rust in the water catch just under the windscreen... whats the best option there ?? thanks

you can do the same thing to the front sill as well. it isnt actually a panel but a part of the percel shelf but the rust repair panel is shaped to allowed you to cut out the outer part of the shelf and weld a new one in. mine is in the process of getting welded in i will take come pics when its finished but not painted and then after when the painting is complete. its not a straight panel replacement but is well worth it if you can be bothered. me and a mate drilled out the welds for the bottom of the rear windscreen then grinded out the rest and my next door neighbour is a welder and is going to weld the new one in for me.

and yes the sills are brand new....mine was painted black also but yer brand new

Just put my car in to "hospital" to get a cure for cancer. bought a panel from rare spares for $168.20 so it all should be good.

anyone know how to take out the front windscreen without breaking it ?