Repairing wheel wells on 1990 4Runner

Somebody posted the following URL before, certainly cheaper than $2500!

well 4runners will run forever, so 13 years old it's much of an issue. i do agree that welding in new quarter panels sounds kinda expensive. i just go the bondo route. i'm not terribly good with it and the body work definately doesn't look professional, but it's cheap, only like $50 a year plus a weekend of working on it.

mike

Welding in new qtr panels? Depends how far it has gone --- if only a single area on either side and few inches. Sand blast the area to remove all rust. Mig weld new metal in and coplete repair with lead --- will last longer than original. Or sand blast and use bondo -- and it will however swell up and need to be repaired in a year. To arrest rust try POR15 products.

Excellent idea with the mig welding in the quarter-panels. I had a body shop weld some panels in for me in 1997 as part of a body job. 6 years later they are still holding up thanks to the annual oiling and greasing that apply before each winter.

Hope this helps.

Dan

Dan,

Exactly what do you mean by the "annual oiling and greasing" ? What do you use and how do you apply it? Just curious. TIA.

Peter.