Sorry for the poor quality on the pictures. As you can see below the rust on the left wheel well is much worse. I want to know what your opinion is to the severity of the rust? How should I fix it? The shock towers seem ok but I have no experience with rust. I tried to take an angle grinder and grind away all the loose stuff and then I put some POR 15 on it but I obviously didn't do a thorough job. Should I cut out more and have someone weld in some new metal? Should I try to have someone cut a well from a parts Brat so I can have that welded in? The exterior is clean which is weird. The right wheel well is not as bad. Any feedback you can provide will help immensely.

 

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Left wheel well

 

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Left inside view

 

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Rust on right wheel well

 

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Right inside view

ettev, a member on here, found some new wheelwells, but they were quite expensive.

 

To repair what you have, you'll need to cut-out all of the rust, then form replacement panels to be welded in.

 

That area tends to rust due to how the shock mount bracket is formed/attached. It leaves a pocket between the bracket and the fender. Dirt/water collects there leading to rust.

 

You can make some close-off pieces to weld in there to help eliminate that.