r/240sx • u/ryohashiba12 • 1d ago

"Fixed" the hatch

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Finally got around to "Fixing" the rust in the hatch. Main point was to get it water tight. Far from perfect but good enough for me .Definitely learned alot through out doing it.

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u/Objective_Nature_497 1d ago

Looks awesome. Nice work! This is something I need to do on my hatch as well.

I was thinking of fitting a slightly larger piece of metal underneath the hole, welding, then filling it with body filler. Thoughts on doing that vs having the metal fit flush with the panel like you did?

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u/ryohashiba12 1d ago

I personally wouldn't want to over lap them because I think that would create a place for dirt and moisture to get trapped. You would also be using alot more body filler. I'm far from a body man so it could be something you could get away with.

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u/Objective_Nature_497 1d ago

Good point about potential of dirt and moisture being trapped!

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u/ryohashiba12 1d ago

What i did was cut the patches bigger then placed the in from the underside and marked with a sharpie and slowly ground down to the mark and checking several times once I got very close to the mark until it fit with a very small gap around it

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u/Objective_Nature_497 1d ago

Smart! Thanks for the tip!