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Originally Posted by cyclogenesis

With thanks for the team on here for highlighting the issue in the first place. I spent the last few days with my brother-in-law sorting out the rear wheel arches. Whilst doing so I also noticed the bumper was falling off due to rusted holders so we replaced those as well. Good to see the sills were solid and we put some more protector on those and liberally coated the inside of the chassis with protector as well. Attached are photos if our work. Quite a lot of time spent in getting the steel plate 2mm to fit the arch profile and we also welded in some extra plate inside against the rear seat pivot strong point. I hope they are useful. Do ask if you have any questions about the photos.

Good to see others having a look at this very serious wheel arch issue that seems to affect most of these cars now. It is amazing that the rear bumper brackets always waste away but never affects the actual chassis in that area. Thank god.