I was cleaning my car yesterday and i noticed that its coming apart at the seems. At first i thought it was dirt or something stupid like that, but to my surprise ITS A HUGE CRACK! Somebody if anybody knows, PLEASE HELP!! I constantly beat the living .... out of my car at the track, so maybe this has to do with it. The main problem here is that it gets worst and worst, the crack goes along the WHOLE inside wheel well:

BTW, this problem is only visible in the rear.

Here is a picture of my wheel well, the arrows point to the where the crack is located, you can't see it in this picture because the crack is inside the well.


This is the crack, this is where the red arrows on the first picture are pointing towards.


This is a close up of the same crack on the same wheel well


This crack is from the other side of the car, the other rear wheel well.


Yet another picture of my dismay.


I wasn't sure where to post this but i needed as much people to see this as possible to get as much feedback as necessary, i don't know how serious of a problem this can be.

 

daily driver + track sessions =

 

take it to a body shop. can probably be welded or bondo'ed shut.

but that is the wheel well isn't it? it isn't really a part of the car that is stressed by hard handling.

 

i was thinking of the same thing, having it welded should take care of the problem. I wasn't considering what drax said: "it isn't really a part of the car that is stressed by hard handling", but then again unibody cars are completely linked together roof and floor, thats why i thought it would undergo stress. Besides isn't that really close to the shock mount?? I think it undergo's stress, but then again that could be me talking out of my a$$.

 

i didnt know bondo has any virtual strength against pull.
jk..but umm i think welding would be safer long term

 

Hm, wonder if that might be caused by any stresses placed on the rear shock towers.

I'd get it welded.

 

meh.... that's not a huge crack.... i've got one, and that's not huge. i would take a pic of it, but i need 2 mirrors to show you. i tried bondo, but it just burned really bad, then fell off after 3 days.