Scuttle RUST

[scot]

Both side's have it!

Can it be fixed invisibly as my guy at my local bodyshop thinks not?

[march109]

weld in a new skuttle and spray to the same colour as the car and I can't see how it wouldn't be 'invisible'??

Unless your body shop guy wants to fill the holes with lumpy unpainted filler!

[scot]

Whats a good price all in?

I guess the bodyshop i go to must be cowboys or stupid!

[march109]

no idea, I've never had to do it myself, I can't imagine its cheap tho, but it is a comon problem.

[parksie]

It's a windscreen & dash out job & expensive, but mine was bad on both sides & got away with welding in new pieces/filling /painting

[ivqii]

A job only to be undertaken during a full body resto , or if you intend to keep the car for a decent period of time

Otherwise offload the problem

[powelly]

Had the scuttle welded up on mine, the screen had to come out, he welded up a rust hole next to the the n/s wiper spindle and one in the n/s/ corner by the front wing, all in cost me £150.
Here`s a pic of the repaired are around the wiper spindle, perhaps not the greatest of pics but can you see any evidence of a repair????

[nickso]

Had the scuttle welded up on mine, the screen had to come out, he welded up a rust hole next to the the n/s wiper spindle and one in the n/s/ corner by the front wing, all in cost me £150.
Here`s a pic of the repaired are around the wiper spindle, perhaps not the greatest of pics but can you see any evidence of a repair????

yes your window trim is buckled

[powelly]

Apart from that

[maxfield]

New panel only way to get rid of it.

My dad was lucky and was only a bit of surface rust.

[scot]

Will try and post a picture of my tin worm

Its pretty bad so i'm thinking new scuttle but will get some quotes first

I'm thinking of doing a job lot :-

Both front wings and rear arches and scuttle. Also depending on how much that lot costs i might do a part re-spray

[zimmerbimmer1]

brand new scuttle panel from BMW is around £50 + vat

[Simon]

brand new scuttle panel from BMW is around £50 + vat

Was about £20 cheaper than that when I bought mine, the VIN stamp quality is very very poor though.

[beardymat]

hey scot,

im in sheffield and run a bodyshop specialising in "invisible" repairs

anyone saying you cant do it without it being visable just isnt doing it right

send me some photo`s for an honest opinion and if you want to see some of my work click the link in my sig to see my resto thread

[scot]

Hey beardymat thanks for the offer

Will take some pic's this weekend

Hopefully its salvagble as the dash out option sounds expensive!

[Falkster]

I had mine replaced and it added 400 quid to the total respray job

[beardymat]

i wouldnt worry too much about the dash coming out as i can get them out in very reasonable time, nothing like the full 8 hour day some people will have you believe whilst sucking air through their teeth.

ill await the photo`s of the carnage