How much? rear arch replacement

[camcc]

How much as an estimate would rear wheel arch replacements cost including parts, welding, spraying etc (due to rust)?

Model is a 320i 2dr.

[dobbie82]

according to my father (a panel beater) about £150-250 each side depending on how bad the rust is and how good the finish is, If its quite bad rust and not a filler job, I believe the panel is about £25?

I am contemplating getting mine done because it really lets the car down.

[camcc]

well you can't see any of the rust from the outside (it looks mint), only when you look and the underside it's uneven and redy rust colour is coming through - looks like it's been treated with rust inhibitor and painted previously. There are no holes or anything.

Does this give a better indication?

[jaistanley]

Are you confident enough to attack it with a wire brush cup on a grinder, liberal doses of some sort of rust cure and then paint/underseal?

If it's not visible now, it'd be very hard for you to mess the job up, and considerably cheaper. You could also spray the treated metal with some rust-oleum which is a zinc-galvanising spray in a can. I used to use it on exposed metal when cutting roadside barriers working as a roadworker (not chain-gang). They are exposed to rain, road salt and grit all day and the rustoleum prevented rust really well..

Jai

[camcc]

wire brush cup on a grinder - eek what's that?

I'm in computers like you - life hard when it conserns anything else lol