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Originally Posted by whunter
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That thread is a horror show
Over the years, when I have had body work done by shops that included weld repair, rust has more often than not come back in the area of the welds. Interestingly, for the repair of the spring perches on the W210 (common failure), MB now recommend that the new sheetmetal part be riveted in place rather than welded. Perhaps they have seen the same problem.
I cleaned off the other side rear wheel well. It had been repaired in same place adjacent to bottoming out bumper. ( Probably by me! I have had this car for a long time
). It was done with what looks like glass cloth and epoxy resin, POR and overpainted white. Seems OK, but again, those bumpers have probably never come into use. Added: Checked it more closely, and there is some rust and the rubber bumper had separated, so I took it off. Not so sure I can get that bolt out! Soaking at present!
Going to check other suspect places before deciding on repair method.