1999 Subaru Forester Rear Wheel Well Rust Holes Repaired

This video describes how I repaired two large holes in the rear wheel wells of my 99 Subaru Forester. There is also a small part of the video that shows where the filler neck often rusts out and what I did to repair it.
Tools used: various sheet metal sheers, flat screwdriver (for scraping), air powered dremel tool with a wire brush attachment, impact driver, self-drilling sheet metal screws, wheel wrench, car jack, etc.
Materials used:
12x18" piece of sheet metal, some rubberized rock guard, autobody seam sealer, tremclad primer spray-paint.
This took about 3-4 hrs per side to clean, prepare, install and coat the inner wheel well. It's a messy, dirty job but my car body should last a few more years because of it. Next step is to get it sprayed with 'rust check'.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• autobody reapair
• forester
• wheel well rust holes

[ScoobyDrewSubaru]

@cj7135rocks

Yeah I live in Canada and they salt the roads a lot. This issue was brought to my attention by a friend who has the same 1999 Forester he just reached up in the wheel well and said "they're rotted out, your gonna need to fix this ASAP". He showed me how and I wanted anyone else with problem to know a way to fix it. Thanks for the comment.

Scooby

[cj7135rocks]

Nice.. I was surprised to see that almost every Subaru over 10 years old has rotted in the same place. Do you live in a cold climate? And how much salt do you encounter on your roads? Our roads here are salted almost every day, so its VERY difficult to avoid rust