There is also another rust hole in the same wheel arch (NSR) up inside the outer arch, both will need to be fixed asap. But I'm curious whether I will need this done for it's MOT (it's off the road atm on a SORN ticket and no MOT), but obviously being able to drive the car makes it easier to fix the few things it needs doing/I want doing.

 

Bit of welding jobs a good un

 

Short term bodge.

Long term it's not cheap or easy. This is just the stuff you can see, it's a well documented and not checked by many new owners when buying a Classic.

Here's a good (bad) example of what you may find.

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...-and-rust.html

 

I know how bad it can get. I assume the part of the arch where it is will need to be removed to get at the other rust hole, so we'll see how bad it actually is then.

How effective is rust treatment? For the minor surface rust areas.

Curiously, this arch only has slight bubbling on the outside lip, whereas the opposite side arch has a few bubbles but only very slight surface rust on the inside.

 

Chop rust out and do some welding,nip it in the bud and weld in some new arches while your at it

 

T-cut should do the job...

Joking aside, that's pretty bad. Though as mentioned before a competent welder should be able to fix that

 

A proper job will cost £1000 +. You can get a shoddy job by Back Street Bob for less but it won't last, if your serious get it done right.

Just welding in plates will just turn it into another Impreza ready for scrap heap with hidden bodged up work sold on to some unfortunate newbie.

 

Yeah that will fail an mot mate, any holes within 30cms of the body/seatbelt mountings is a fail.

 

That's near enough what I thought, well I thought it was within so many inches of any suspension components.

Cheers for the replies everyone, see what happens when I can see what's behind it properly.