Rear pannel bit

Just wondering f if anyone has managed to find a new rear pannel bit that is behind the rear bumper on the body shell that rots away or what the best way of repairing/replacing it is?

Basketcase wrote: Just wondering f if anyone has managed to find a new rear panel bit that is behind the rear bumper on the body shell that rots away or what the best way of repairing/replacing it is?

Are you referring to the support for the bumper skin?

Umm the part of the body when you take rear bumper off it’s like the rear door step part of you like?

Photo would be good idea!

mickt wrote: Photo would be good idea!

On my Junior I cut away the offending rust and the bumper skin still had plenty to hold it on.

best I can get at the mo. That’s from under the wheel arch looking at the rear part I’ll get more in a few days when I get round to tinkering with few little bits

I actually do enjoy messing with the welder and any other power tools I may need to use my welding skills are atrocious but hold up well(somehow), so I’m comfortable using it as structural weld. It looks worse on that photo than I see it as, there’s still 3 sides of the box there haha just need to know what to get to replace or repair it lol I’ve not asked him yet, strangely enough I did t even think of that!!

Basketcase wrote: I actually do enjoy messing with the welder

Is that a body mount ? It looks in a bad way too.

That’s the part I mean I didn’t know how to explain it I’ll se if I’m allowed to take the bumper off today and get better photos of what I mean properly the passenger side looks fine a little surface corrosion but that pic is the drivers side

Basketcase wrote: That’s the part I mean I didn’t know how to explain it I’ll see if I’m allowed to take the bumper off today and get better photos of what I mean properly the passenger side looks fine a little surface corrosion but that pic is the drivers side

So we are looking at the outrigger as I call it - did the vehicle have an MoT on it?

I didn’t have a clue what to call it but I’ve seen some folk just swap it out for box section I’m just trying find if that’s the easiest/best way to go about it. Yea it’s somehow got a no advisory mot till August it still does feel pretty solid in most places around that mount but a few cm feel soft, just want to have a look at it befor it gets too bad and needs a lot doing.