Forums Forums Enthusiast Forums A - Z Autowirral I appear to have a bit of rust

pre '95 vx's wherent galvernised.

Something called a 5 year anti-corrosion warranty.
After that they rust (they do).

It really does depend on how theyre kept,how often there driven,and how much it rains etc. On my next car to prevent it rusting im going to completely clean out all the arches and sills and fill them with something....something that will keep them clean and dry for years to come.~And some sort of dessicator too

haha lmao mine was done 9 months ago a proper bodyshop who bloody well bodged it they cut the arch fully out even the bit with my rear doors inside and guess wat its comin back so back to the bodyshop 4 me luckily ity nt surfaced yet but............just slight slight slight bubbles r showin but it looks like paint run and u couldnt tell unless i told ya but its iunderneath where i spotted it ive used a rust pen at the minute but surly they shouldnt have gone agen that quickly if they were done properly?????im takin my car back neway cause i nt happy!!!!!

what did u pay? i wouldnt expect them to fix it properly for u mate. If they are proper bodgers they aint gonna help ya out fella. Unfortunate but true. Hit em with trading standards advice straight away

£400-£500 that was 4 full cuttin out of rear arches replacin them fixin front bumper resprayin it (which is now startin 2 crack the fibreglasas) nearly half of a repray and some fillin,rearbumper resprayin and dent pullin out ....it was my dads m8 who did it but im a bit disapointed tbh lol he owns a bodyshop thats whhere it was 4 about a month or 2!!!!and im gutted its comin back bein as my moneys bein sorted out 4 a mad respray soon!!!!but im unsure wheather 2 go 4 it?????or buy a white r reg mk3 saloon TOTALLY STANDARD AND MUST BE IMMACULATE!!!!!!and swappin bits over on 2 the newrer 1 2 save all the hassle of rust all time and puttin the k reg 1 the 1 i have now bacvk 2 standard with the bits off the standard 1 and sellin it 2 maybe make at least summat lol???asny ideas

Thats an awful lot of work for very little money.anyway to avoid postdriftin we will end it here.

Filler will crack if the thing that is filled is weak. It need to be re-inforced with lots of fibreglass behind the cracks and filler all over it. As for the rusty arches. He mustnt of put new arches in as new painted metal wont rust that fast. Get it done again mate or swap cars like u sed. The next car u get tho will rust through soon after u buy it.Its a common thing on 10 year old cars. Just have to pay to get it completely removed and new rust prevention methods used on NEW arches

just a quick question m8 is it worth a full respray????if all works done propperly or will it just rust agen but cost even more cause paint would be summat like the supra orange off fast and the furious
cheers

All the rust has to be removed, every last speck. Once it is formed, it can be sealed up as much as you can, but it'll continue to grow without any contact with moisture.

It obviously wasn't done properly by the body shop. If all the rust was removed, the arch was treated with zinc primer (including the welds) and it was totally sealed up, it would have lasted years.

cheers m8y the blokes a good lad so hell do it no hassle!!!!im just a bit anooyed hes done a crap job!!!lol

Why dont you get some flared arches they would look fat an your car

I'd love them, but they cost £1,300!!


Good for hiding the rusty bits as well.

wow i want some please tell me where i could get some pleeeease would they fit on my saloon???????

Im sure a saw them for less but i cant remeber where i saw them, there just pre-pressed steel which you weld in place of a new arch. you will then need the whole wing painting, would be easier to get a full respay methinks. russell, unsure if they would fit but im sure a decent bodyshop could make them.

imagine how good theyd look on mine lol just had a thought though my front bumper sides would have 2 be extended!!!!!