Car Cancer!!!
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chiefpulsar
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in all honesty treat it straight away as it will spread over time. clean, rust gurad (it will never stop servere rust once it sets in) prime and then touch in.
Had the same on mine a while back,
If it's actual rust there's little point in t-cutting/polishing as it'll just come back.
Mask the area neatly with duck tape or similar heavy tape to avoid removing paint from surrounding area, use medium grit emery paper to take it right back to clean bare metal.
Make sure it's bone dry, use a heat gun/hair dryer to get a bit of warmth into the arch. If the metal is pitted use a dab of Kurust or similar & let it dry, then zinc primer, let it dry, remove tape & touch in with right color of touch up. Job done.
If it's actual rust there's little point in t-cutting/polishing as it'll just come back.
Mask the area neatly with duck tape or similar heavy tape to avoid removing paint from surrounding area, use medium grit emery paper to take it right back to clean bare metal.
Make sure it's bone dry, use a heat gun/hair dryer to get a bit of warmth into the arch. If the metal is pitted use a dab of Kurust or similar & let it dry, then zinc primer, let it dry, remove tape & touch in with right color of touch up. Job done.
Also worth checking where the rear bumper meets the back quarter at the edge of the arch while your in there.
If memory serves me correct there's a little plastic captive that clips into the quarter where the bumper mount screws onto, rust tends to flare up there quite quickly so worth dropping the bumper, popping the plastic captive out and taking it back to clean metal if there's any sign of rust there also.
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If memory serves me correct there's a little plastic captive that clips into the quarter where the bumper mount screws onto, rust tends to flare up there quite quickly so worth dropping the bumper, popping the plastic captive out and taking it back to clean metal if there's any sign of rust there also.
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davidpingu
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This +1DC5DAVE said:
As Dave has said if you don't completely get rid of it all other measures will only slow it down. Only way to get rid of it is to sand it all away to good metal. Best do it now while it is surface rust as it can often spread below the paint surface where you can't see it so if left for too long will become a worse job than it needs to be.
Got my arches priced up the other day too where they have rusted from stone chips. £150 per arch to rub to metal, treat, prime and feather in.
TypeRDan
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If I get chance to do it this weekend I will post some before and after shots for you ;-)
Alex_Wilson
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Think we need to spend a day on this mate and get mine and yours done!
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I so called had mine professionally done, but it came back a year later 
barsby2k10
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When I first got mine I cleaned the arches and let them dry fully. Then used hammerite and painted the inside of the arch including the inside of the lip around the arch with a nice thick coat. Then I waxoyl'd the whole arch every 6 months. When my car was bought the buyer commented on the great condition of the arches!
This doesn't help with rust on the outer surface tho sorry...although I would have though the rust spreads from the inside as this is where debris and water/salt can collect and begin the rusting.
Obviously if you are going to do this you need to treat the rust first with a rust converting product.
This doesn't help with rust on the outer surface tho sorry...although I would have though the rust spreads from the inside as this is where debris and water/salt can collect and begin the rusting.
Obviously if you are going to do this you need to treat the rust first with a rust converting product.