Rusty Strut Towers

lowridah313 · Post by **lowridah313** » September 12th, 2007, 8:56 am

So heres my problem, my front strut towers are starting to rust out. I fear that I will soon see my strut making an appearance through my hood. So I'm thinking of going to the junkyard and cutting out the section I need and having it welded in. I would like to know if anyone has had this problem, and what they did or didnt do to solve the problem. Any info and opinions would be great, as I dont want to scrap my MX.
-Tom-

Post by **Mooneggs** » September 12th, 2007, 9:35 am

Are you talking about the inner fender part? around the upper strut mount?

lowridah313 · Post by **lowridah313** » September 12th, 2007, 4:17 pm

Yeah if you look inside your wheel well where the seams are and you can see it from inside the engine bay. If needed I'll post pics.

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » September 13th, 2007, 2:23 am

You can do that, but I would suggest letting a body shop do it from start to finish or at least talk to them first and find the one you want to do the welding. You will need to cut the part correctly or they will not have enouhg to weld them back in properly.

lowridah313 · Post by **lowridah313** » September 13th, 2007, 7:46 am

Well Pat just to let you know I am a welder

I just wanted to know if anyone has had or has this problem.

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » September 14th, 2007, 10:14 am

I am sure it is possible, if you look at the parts catalog for the MX-3 Mazda sells the inner fender as a seperate part. I have no idea what Mazda would charge for such a piece of metal, but it can be done if they sell it that way.