Then onto the next bit, the driverside wheel arch, now initially this looks not too bad
However, notice the small hole in the corner and the fact the seam is distorted from rust coming from underneath. So I started looking in more detail
Not good, so I started cutting / drilling the spot welds out
This is not good as you can see the bulkhead is corroded and has a hole in it
So I marked up the minimum to remove, unfortunately the hole(s) keep getting bigger as I keep having to make them bigger to get the angle grinder in
This is the section cut out with the replacement I made ready to go back in
Made using these tools (the key bit being the bit of tube
Mocked up ready for welding
Welded view from wheel arch
From engine bay
Next repair to the corner of the chassis leg the inner arch is going to weld to
I also decided to make this to fill the area where Nissan decided not to join the top of the chassis leg to the bulkhead
I missed pictures of the inner arch repair panel, but this is it in. Welding looks messy as it was welded from the other side.
So next, clean up all the rust a treat it, so it wont come back, I am using rustisol
Then rebuild layor by layor as per the rear floor
Until it finally looks something like this.
After some light sanding the front arch is done