Rear Fender Liner

[ncz]

Hey guys, back at it. Haven't touched the Z in awhile, but couldn't do anymore paperwork for the man and jacked the Z up again. Quick one, how do I remove the inner rear fender liners. They are in good shape but I would like to remove them, hit the area with some media and POR it. Looks like the seam around the shock tower is spot welds but what is the best way to separate the fender lip area. Thanks, feels good to get dirty again!!

[yukonharry]

That's a pretty big job. Eastwood makes a special bit to drill out spot welds. Be warned, it will look like swiss cheeze when you are done. You might get a POR 15 catalog and check out some of their other stuff. You can get rods and actually spray the stuff into creveces, such as door panels, fender wells, rocker panels, ect. I'd try this way first before I removed the inner fender liner.

[ncz]

Thanks for the tip. I wondered about how to get the POR into tight spots. The only thing that concerns me is that POR wants a surface that is "prepared". I have stripped the interior of the car and can look into the area above the liner and can see some surface rust that is starting, kind of runs with the seams. Believe it or not, my rocker panels are in good shape, but same deal, I can see surface rust on the interior of the rocker looking through the holes on the inside. Any ideas here? Will a media blasting guy have a flexible hose or something that will get down in those areas without cutting holes?

[yukonharry]

A friend of mine has done the same thing you are wondering about doing on 2 Z cars. One is his daily driver for years and the other he is getting ready to sell as a roller. He said the POR 15 seals so good that he had a hard time getting the body drains to drain normally. You have to have rust for POR 15 to work. It penatrates and cures from the inside out. Don't worry about all the little cracks and creavaces. The POR 15 will take care of that. Just take a wire brush and get the flakey stuff off. Coat the rest of it. Give it proper drying time and paint to suit. My friend took all the glass out of his cars before he started. He actually built a proper seal around the windshield as the factory left it pretty rough counting on the rubber gasket to do the sealing. Well, we all know how that turned out. When you are done undercoating and sealing all the inner panels of your Z, enjoy your newly rust free Z for years to come.

[ncz]

Hey Yukon, thanks for the "real life advice". Its always a struggle between getting it back to the street or going too deep into resto. I want it to be right but I also want to get back in it before I pass into the great Z car boneyard!! One day I will get my pics posted!! Thanks again