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Rust in Gutter of my MQ what to do?

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:03 pm
by Vanne
Hi, ive got some serious rust issues in the gutter near the rear, above the rear windows in my MQ. Whats the best way to go about this?

is it possible to get a GU body and transfer everything across?

or would cutting out/rewelding be a better option?

cheers and thanks for any hints/help

Vanne

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:03 pm
by Hoppy11
Ditch the body and stick a Rhinobuggies Hummer body on. or just just weld some new bits in, would be cheaper.
Hoppy
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:40 pm
by 84mksd33t
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My rust is bad :)

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:28 am
by Vanne
ohkay, yours is worse than mine.. what are you gonna do? though once i get rid of all the bog in the rear of mine, i recon it will be along the same lines.

Soo.. what to do?

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:47 am
by demo2
If u were in Perth u cud of ad my body, im wreckin an 86 patrol and its a good bidy, pity :?

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:24 am
by go piggen
cut the whole roof off and weld a new roof on or weld a roll cage in and make it a soft top but talk to engineer first so to make sure your not wasteing your time how good is the rest of the car if not good cut back the rust stuff paper to fill hole and bog the shit out of it ,that would be about $200 worth of bog and sell it to a car yard (TRADE IN)

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:20 am
by badger
you can cut therust out and weld in new sections if its big. but its alot of work so itd wanna be a good mq. otherwise fill it with space invader and bog over it. dont forget tho if u dodgy it it isnt a perminant fix and wouldnt be the safest in a rollover etc

if its only small grind it back rust convert it and fill with metal filler, bog or weld

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:26 pm
by MQSWBUTE
how much is one of them hummer bodys these days

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:07 pm
by Hoppy11
MQSWBUTE wrote:how much is one of them hummer bodys these days
http://www.rhinobuggies.com.au/hammers.htm
Hoppy

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:24 am
by Boltaction Billy
How did you let it get that bad ???? Or did you just notice it :) ?

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:07 am
by 84mksd33t
it was 2,400 for the truck rest of it is tidy aircon, deluxo flares etc
meh

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:19 pm
by badger
we threw a cab better than that to the scrappys not long ago:P
paid 500 for it n stripped the running gear for spares

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:17 pm
by Brendan-s
84mksd33t wrote:it was 2,400 for the truck rest of it is tidy aircon, deluxo flares etc
meh
ouch. its easy to replace mechanicals but a rusted body is hell...