A job I should have done last year, but I don't like playing with paint finishes on bodywork.
Anyway, the TFs achilles heel:
So I bought a couple of these:
and attacked the offending wheel arches.
I have most of it down to bare metal/rust
but unfortunately the nearside has gone a bit further than I would of liked.
I was hoping I wouldn't have to take the paint off past the outer edge of the wheelarch, which would make blending the new paint in a lot easier. However, as you can see, this wasn't the case.
We will just have to wait and see what the finish is like once it is done, but anything has to be better than letting it continue to rust.
I do have a plan anyway, which includes mudflaps which contour around the edge, which should hide most of it.
Tomorrow I will finish off the rest of the nearside arch as both sides were rusted at the lip all the way around.
I completed it on the offside, but need to finish the nearside.
I have some rust treatment and zinc rich primer to go on before priming and finish.