MX5 / Miata MK1 wheel arch and sill repair : 2022 

This is rapidly becoming one of my "Must Watch" channels - For all MX owners - There is hope out there for our little rot boxes!

This is one of the only channels showing sensible economical repairs that will keep these cars on the road and safe for years to come 👍🏻

Even though you brits have terrible and incorrect names for food your craftsmanship is excellent as always.

My lovely blue 20yr old NB lives here in a cozy garage in Western Australia and there isn't any rust anywhere on the shell. Thank god for warm climates and no salt on the roads.

Geezus, I surely wish I had the skills you guys have!

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I did a similar repair on my Nissan 200SX, lots of layers but now know what to expect when I do the sills on my son's MX5 track car. Top job and again, thanks for sharing

Brilliant as always ,always look forward to seeing what’s happening next on the channel 👍👍the Kate bush singing was spot on😂

My new favourite channel, brilliant work 👏👏👏🇦🇺

大胆で思い切りなカット腐食した隠れた内部を的確に切り取り補修するのはビックリ‼️大胆でも正確に板金するのが凄い仕事が早い。

The rust makes me ill…..I know that’s weird…..great work as always!

Liked, subscribed, and waiting for the next few videos, this is a difficult task that no shop will do for me

I had no idea that cars rusted so bad in the UK. It is very common here in the Northeast USA. Anyway another great video thank you!

This one didn’t even look that bad from the outside. Shows that even a little bubbling probably means bad rust on the inside

if i could, id drive the 1500 miles necessary to have my NB professionally done by you😂

Love these videos such talent 👏

На видео отлично показано, то как не надо делать!!!)))

damn, this is wild. i learned from yt how to do body panel repair with bondo. this is the next step...wonder if i can find a place that will teach me to do this. this is so cool.

Without some internal rust treatment, like dinatrol injection, or something similar, it will just rust away again. Good welding job though.

looks good to me!!

El Permatex que utilizás es a base de agua...

Reminds me of a mk1 I went to look at as my first one. Both sills were nothing but fibreglass and filler. Ouch! Suffice to say, I walked away from that one.

Ниче так . Но сварку бы еще настроил для хорошего провара

Yet another other great MX5 tutorial with some questions! 1) Are there still drip holes in the bottom of the sills to let the condensation out. 2) The inner vertical upright repair which was done with a complete plain piece off sheet metal with no access holes, how do you get cavity wax behind it and in front of it and behind the new inner sill covering it? Or is this a say 5-year repair rather than a full expensive restoration that is not justified as if you go looking for further problems you will find them, and the costs will skyrocket.

Shaping the sheet metal is my favourite part of these great videos, can you tell me the size of the blue anvil you are using as I fancy getting one , I've been having a go DIY style since last year and want to improve ,thanks

Hi what type of welding machine is that?

What's that tool on 15:27 called where you crimp the metal and make it bend?

I do wonder if you’ve ever said no it’s an unrealistic repair? I had a mini when I was a kid that I stripped in my dad’s garage. Got to the point I thought I need my dad, he came and had a look and said nah scrap it.

What thickness steel do you use for the rear wings? We have 2 Mk1's, one needs a little welding to get it through the MOT, the other we are thinking of stripping right down and getting chemically dipped as it's in a bad way.

299 ЛАЙК!

what is that tool called use at 4:24 in this video?

I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE YOU HITTING A HAMMER WITH A HAMMER. TWO METALS OF THE SAME HARDNESS WILL CHIP BITS OF METAL OF AT HIGH SPEED. HAS 30 YEARS HAS A TIN BASHER I HAVE SEEN A LOT OFF BAD CUTS AND PEOPLE CARTED OFF TO HOSPITAL WITH EYE INJURIES THROUGH CHIPS OF HAMMERS AND CHISELS.

Do you ever regret taking on a MOT repair? For instance its only a bit more money for the customer to use replacement panels and replace it back to as factory and saves you a lot of labor/headache?

Hello, Can you tell me what make the folder is on your bench. Thanks

Which types of welding is that mig or flux core?

Stop making this look so easy 🤣🤣 about to do this same type of repair on my rx7 FC S5 I picked up for 800 bucks

I'm beginning to feel sorry for the tinworm, the way you guys keep digging it out and destroying its nests. It must be nearly getting extinct in Yorkshire!

it annoys me that you make it look so easy ! 😅

I have seen Model A Fords that were in a barn 60 years they were in MUCH better condition than this 💩💩💩💩

Stop the annoying music

not good

Beautiful repair 👍