E-Type Rear Wings – Stage 1 – Virgin, but Rusty

The following photos will walk you through the typical Jaguar E-Type Coupe or 2+2 rear wheel arch repair – when it is due to rust from moisture being trapped between the inner and outer wheel arch.

This is what you can expect to see when no-one else has already been in there are “repaired” it in the past.  When this is the case, our “Stage 1” basic repair panel will work just fine.  You’ll see from the picture below, and once you get into your own E-Type, that you will also definitely need a repair panel for the inner wheel arch as well.

WARNING! – you will note that this repair is plug-welded, and then tacked along the seam between the old wing and the new repair panel.  It is NOT completely stitched closed.  DON’T DO THAT!  This seam is TIGHT and it is NOT going to flex and crack in the future when done as shown and done right.  However, if you decide that you really want that seam closed, you are going to warp the hell out of it, and I don’t care what you do or how you do it – it WILL distort the metal from too much heat!  DON’T DO IT – this is the classic type of move that screws up this repair royally!

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