900 EMS Rust Repair 

Nice job Saab guy.

Love the Chanel just brought a 1989 900i here in Sweden you're channel is coming in handy already 🙂 thanks for keeping Saab alive cheers

Thanks for another great video, Troy! Perfect timing as I picked up an ‘85 900 with 463k miles recently and rust is about the same as yours. Glad to have wisdom now in how to address it!

Good video ,,,love the rear louvre and alloys .

Great video ❤️🇸🇪 Love the Saab! Hello FROM Croatia 😁

I've used the very same method in the past - cleaning up with a grinder, rust treatment and aluminium mesh with a flexible filler. That said, I never tried for the near invisible finish you've managed here (the cars were rats and satin black paint went on them). It did prove excellent as a strong, almost permanent repair.

Great results!! Thanks

My dad owned two Saab 900s bought in the early 90s; the 1st was a 900 4 door GLS in the same colour as the one in the video, but shortly after he had the rust sorted on the wheel arches and had it resprayed blue (no idea if he used filler). He then traded it in for a 900 Turbo. Both cars when he bought them had done over 100,000 miles.

Absolutely beautiful!

I do my rust repair almost the same as you! Only I use primer before "plastic padding" and after. Otherwise its same. Good work and great episode again!

Super job.

Nice result bro!

Hi. Those wheel arch trims tend to mask the manufacturing spot-welds, which show through the paintwork. However, after doing and repair, particularly welding repair, it is common to smooth the curve with some filler (especially if the weld-line runs within the concave aspect). This means the spot-welds also get filled / masked, and after re-painting, it seems unnecessary to replace the trim. A little seam-sealer underneath helps to seal the gap between the panels, and paint on top seals it up. As the trims are a trap for rain-water from above and salt-water from below, I wonder if people in Sweden often leave them off, as I've seem here in the UK. This also helps when they do break, as you'll be left with three (which is really annoying!) and the earlier chrome trims (on the 99) seem to be impossible to find.

I've just got a 1992 900S and started working on the front wheels' rust today. It's starting to look like the rust goes up and inside, in between the fender and the wheel arch. Do you think i should grind it all away / take the fender off? Or just try to spray converter into the hole and patch up the hole?

i have a 1990 EMS with a manual transmission and a manual sunroof... no rust but the aussie sun has killed the dashboard....

Thanks if it lasts more than a year then its a massive success

Great 👍🏼

As well as Eastwood (which I've not tried, yet), I've just discovered Jenolite which converts rust and leaves a 'paintable' PVA-like surface.

Nice job! I’ve got an 85 turbo same colour needing similar work, do you know what the paint code / name is to get a spray can?

Wonderful step by step for someone who is about to tackle a similar project with a '67 96. I do have a question on what you use to re-affix the 3 body mouldings on the 900 - rear quater, door and wing - as I have this final step to do on my 900 convertible restoration. What adhesive strips are you using and do you have particular process other than measure, check level and eyeball the placement?

My silver B reg 900i had exactly the same wheel arch rust. May i ask how has repair held up over the last year…?

What a 900 EMS?! I think EMS was only available on the SAAB 99.

I'm in the process of restoring an 83 eight valve turbo. Any videos about eight valves would be appreciated! Keep up the good work!

Is that an Otto 1/18th on the shelf behind you??

why make such a mockery of saab?