What's behind the liner?

[Carolyn]

Seeing as I ain't goin' nowhere right now, I put the car up on the ramp to give the front end an inspection and clean-up (and to push out a ding in my bumper).

I decided to do a proper job and take the arch liners out.

Glad I did.  The cavities behind the liners (just in front of the door bottoms) were utterly jammed full of damp road grunge.  I was shocked to see how much came out when I took the compressed air to them.

It's a rust issue waiting to happen..

I gave it all a good clean, then some zinc primer and then some silver wheel paint.

So, boys and girls, if your car is a 'keeper' it's a job well worth doing.

Pic of the location:

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[puma2]

  the feeling you when say sod this lets just get on with it a make the best we can 
then finding bits that need cleaning/oiling and just a dam good clean  up

then when all done and you sitting down later relaxing after the hard work and effort put in

there is no better feeling than a Proper Job     

fair play you do love a good Tinker and Fettle

[Carolyn]

the feeling you when say sod this lets just get on with it a make the best we can 
then finding bits that need cleaning/oiling and just a dam good clean  up

then when all done and you sitting down later relaxing after the hard work and effort put in

there is no better feeling than a Proper Job     

fair play you do love a good Tinker and Fettle

Nothing like a tinker and fettle.  Or a fettle and tinker for that matter!

[Petrus]

Glad I did.  The cavities behind the liners (just in front of the door bottoms) were utterly jammed full of damp road grunge.  I was shocked to see how much came out when I took the compressed air to them.

Same thing in front of the rear wheels, below the side vents.

I have thought of deleting (obviously) the liners but they do keep spray in the wheel wells and are a useful aero measure.

[Mr2paul]

A while back i checked this and think I posted a warning too. To repeat, after blowing out the compost I was suprised to find as new metal. A blast with thinned down wax oil go into the nooks, but it will be a check to do on a yearly basis.

[shnazzle]

Which one of you is Tinker and which is Fettle?  

David seems more of a Fettle

[scm2004red]

Presumably you can't remove the liners without breaking most of the fixing clips?

[Carolyn]

Presumably you can't remove the liners without breaking most of the fixing clips?

I didn't break any - but I reckon that was a tad lucky.  Plus the liner was replaced about four years ago and I think I put new ones in at the time.

[pauls0212]

any idea of the size of clips,, think i may need some if and when i do this

[Carolyn]

any idea of the size of clips,, think i may need some if and when i do this

Same as the frunk surround plastics.

[Mr2paul]

If any use, rather than buy specific sized ones ( I already had 8mm but these too tight for frunk ) so I bought a selection of sizes n shapes to suit many jobs. We're only about £3/100 of eBay. I can post item if you get stuck but were easy to find.