Modified by De_tour at 6:24 AM 8/30/2008

 

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weight reduction

 

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Bahaha!

It's been a while since I've looked up there. Probably has about ten pounds of dirt up there.

 

i should probably do this as well, keep us posted

 

I would also remove that rubber strip that they use on the rear quarter panels around the wheel well. Water and dirt gets trapped and it rusts. I took mine off. But yea, nice one, jap. I love your car!!

 

To make it easier to clean in the future you can hit the whole underside of the fender with spray paint. Then you can pretty much just wash that **** outta there and it'll help prevent rust. Its your choice of glossy or flat paint. Glossy will be easier to clean, though, based on my time tested studies.

 

i was going to clean mine all out but i was thinking about using fiberglass and just lining the rear wheel wells with it. that should stop rust from ever coming back

 

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That might seem like a good idea, but I think you'd just end up breaking the fiberglass all to hell. Wheelwells take a lot of abuse so unless you plan on doing this for show and not driving the car, you may wanna rethink this idea.


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As for the rust, you might just aggravate the problem, unless you make the fiberglass (if you do it) pieces removable. Water has a bastardly way of finding metal parts and if you can't check to see the rust starting, you might just expletive yourself.

 

yeah fiberglass will break after driving over a couple stones on the road, etc.

maybe you can diamond plate your fender wells

 

Hey, man, thats a great idea, plus it would look f-in sweet! Good luck trying to fit and bend that though!

 

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Dirt itself isnt corrosive, so dont fool yourself. Dirt can be bad because it retains water and that is the corrosive part on bare metal, not the dirt itself.

 

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sorry mr. technical. wait.. this is a technicla site... DAMN!

 

fiberglass is the worst thing to use. It wont flex when hit and is gonna break off, plus the resin is highly corrosive. Just spray bedliner stuff int here, chi-ching done! no mo' rust.