Replace panels before or after dipping?

Dana67Dart said

FIRST....

Please please please I do not want to get into the pros and cons of dipping a car.


My question is...

Would it be better to dip the car then replace the bad sections.

Or replace the bad sections then dip.



Car...

67 convert

Needs at minimum

1. Driver's front foot well
2. Pass front foot well
3. Pass quarter behind rear wheel opening
4. Small patch (6" x 3" L shaped) under the top opening area on the pass quarter
5. Small patch behind driver's side rear most front seat floor mount

Dip first...

1. Find other areas that need replacing
2. Clean metal to weld to

Dip after...

1. Structural rigidity
2. All metal treated the same

Thoughts?

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Hey Dana67Dart,

I wish I would have had the option of dipping. It's not available where I live, not even the option to have my car professionally sandblasted!

Here's what I ended up with that was reusable after stripping every area we could access to bare metal. Took weeks to do.

Then, we used a rust encapsulator to treat everything that wasn't accessible.

A hell of a lot of work!!