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Rust - front wheel arch

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My Corrado's got some small-ish 50p size rust spots on front offside wheel arch. I'll try and take pictures this weekend and post. Anyway I take it along to a local bodyshop specialist and they claim some remedial work has already been done in the past and the rust is coming through from the inside. Their suggestion is to buy a new wing to solve the problem. Sounds a bit drastic (and costly) to me.

 

Any owners had similar problems and found a more cost effective solution?

 

PS: Cost of new wing sourced from VW was £240 - does this sound about right?

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there is normally wings and various pannels on this forum for sale that can be picked up a far less than stealer price

i would look at people breaking parts and go down that route :D

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Yeah, if it's coming through from the inside then I bet it's been replaced in the past and not prepped properly...

 

As above replacement is the only way, either new while you can still get them or a good second hand one.

 

easy enough to fit as its bolt on although should be sealed to the body

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