XR2i rust removal.

[Pumadaddy]

While doing some work under the car last spring, I noticed some rust around the engine bay, so as we were planning on having a few things tidied up, off it went to the bodyshop. It had quite a stay there.

Here are a few pics that the bodyshop took.

And you thought Puma's had rust problems.

 

[crystalpuma]

Poor little sausage!!

 

[haGGard]

Them mk3's rust worse than the mk2's. Looks like your on top of it though. Thats some good quality welding going on!

 

[warrenpenalver]

wow thats a lot of rust!!!

Glad its sorted though!! Not beginning to pop through the fuel filler area yet??

I remember on my first XR2i i had some light bubbling around filler and i thought id cut it out dead easy and once ground off paint work most of the quarter panel ceased to exist!!!!

 

[Pumadaddy]

had the rear quarter replaced a few years ago. no pics of that though.

 

[haGGard]

Ignorance is bliss with these cars imo. :lol: As soon as you start poking around, your bound to find a whole load of the stuff even if it 'looks' fine.

 

[Neil]

Ignorance is bliss with these cars

Tried that with the FRP. Doesn't work.

 

[warrenpenalver]

Despite fords claims of a redesigned floorpan you can see from this pic that the bulkhead/footwell panels are almost identical!

inner wing

• warrenpenalver
• Apr 10, 2010

And that the inner wing is clearly just an evolution from the mk3 one!! The chassis leg is only different where necessary to support redesigned suspension subframe and enginemounts!