Mike and I got to the unit this weekend and we had a few hours of dry skies so I could crack on with more defillering. This is very much an outdoor job, I've made a right mess of the place doing the first stage indoors. First thing was to finish off that front wing I'd got most of the way through. I need to drop the front bumper to finish off the job fully. It's not too bad overall, the arch is at least in good order, but I'm under no illusion that there's a lot of work to put this right properly, there will be as little filler going back in as possible.
Started on the bubbles on the front door. I was hoping this would just be rust needing a repair but no, it's more filler and a tacked on repair that is undoubtedly running the whole length of the door and hiding more bodges. The other door is going to be just the same. This is hidden from the other side of the door skin by the soundproofing so I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to discover when I've dug out the rest and removed the repair.
Got underway on the other front wing and was pleasantly surprised that there was, on the whole, much less filler and a better quality of repair work. It's more that the weld is proud of the panel than the step between the pieces is too severe on this side.
Still, it hadn't stopped them trowelling enough filler in to try and eliminate the shape of the wheel arch flare so that has taken a while to dig out.
The mangled rear wing did get some dressing out on the worst of the dents. This needs a lot of work, ideally I could do with cutting it off, smoothing it out on an English Wheel, repairing the missing bits and welding it back on. That's not true, ideally I could do with a replacement rear wing but that's not really an option, so I have to do it the difficult way.
Some filler on this back corner is inevitable, though that repair has to be cut out and replaced properly, the profile of it currently is an absolute mess.
All of the bashing around on this panel dislodged a good amount of debris and revealed more repair work needed in the boot. Nice flat piece to let in at least, cutting it out for repair might give me better access for repairing the rear wing.
By the time I'd finished digging all this filler out the light was starting to go. Swept up, gave the car a proper dusting off and put it away for the day. I may get some more done tomorrow, we'll have to see.
You can see the Corsa in the background. It's getting more than a clutch change, it needs an oil seal replacing that facilitates the removal of the engine and gearbox... it's well underway now.