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iTrader: (1)

hello im doing a mk1 fiesta at the min and it has rust in some tight places would it be better to get it shot blasted or acid dipped.If i have it dipped will it kill all the rust.also has any one had there car dipped.I no with shot blasting u cant do the big pannels cause it dents them.Was thinking about getting the car dipped in galv just the bottom so it doesnt rust after i have repaired every thing.Also does any one no were to get it acid dipping in the midlans area thanks

Rs Baz

no bein funny but why wasye that amount of money on a mark 1 shell

just do a s1 or something worth while

JonnyBravo

My mk2 shell has just been dipped, the guy doing the shell uses someone around your area so I'll ask who it is.

Seen some shells he has had done before and its quite unreal how clean they get the shells

EIL132

Dipping is Ł500 for just the dip, add another Ł500+ for protection. Remember the dip will shift any dodgy bits quick like and the shell has to be perfectly prepared before it's dipped or you'll end up with holes all over the place. This one still isn't ready after hours of grinding + welding.

Iain Mac

I had mine blasted - like you say, the main panels can't be done as it will distort them, but the biggest problem has been getting all the grit out of the sills and other hard-to-reach places.

Leaving it in isn't an option because it will just be a moisture trap.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

how does blasting bend panels?
you see them doing it all the time on them yank shows, is european metal thinner then?

gingeRS

have you seen how much filler they use in those yank shows

dojj

iTrader: (3)

but they use little bits of walnut shell not sand so it's not killing the metal

the filler is for their shoddy panel gaps

what about getting it dipped in that galvanising thing, like what mark evans did when he built his 100 inch range rover?

Fraz

Blasting using the correct medium wont bend or distort panels, blasted my mk2 with no problems

Iain Mac

That Mark 2 Escort wasn't MYS 351P was it?

I built that car way back in 1982/3 with the Zakspeed arches, but couldn't afford wheels and tyres fat enough to fill the arches!

Then put a piston through the block and sold it to a guy from Ayrshire.