Originally Posted by
zetaboostboy522bhp
You have to heat the panel up while rolling the arches anyway . Personally that is very close I would cut the arches and if you separate the inner and outer panel just fill it with a strong flexible bonding agent and clamp that should be fine as that's how they build modern cars now.
Cheers paul
Not a bad idea

, not sure on how much of the rust proofing wax has made its way between the seams though as I gave it a good soaking !