Who said they dont rust!!

[mk3phill]

started taking my car apart to drop the new engine in,.. been rushed into it because my clutch has decided to kill itself,.. im not saying it has anything to do with the 4K launchs at santa pod...ANYWAY.. ive always had surface rust on my wings,.. stripped bumper off to find what is actually left of them.....


pic of one of my new wings for comparrison...










Think im gonna attack the rest of the bodywork wit some underseal.....

[t5 pete]

Thants quite a bad case and certainly not very often we see that with our 850's

[mk3phill]

suprised me i knew it was bad but when i took bumper out i couldnt believe it...mind you.. the previous owner although they really looked after it mechanical wais,.. the monthly cleaning was wit fairy liquid.. and i got a spare set of steelies with snow tyres.. so i blame it on the short journeys an snow haha

[AlanG]

In my experience the first ones to go are always white and silver,regardless of make.

[swedepower]

Hi, there is every chance the car has been bumped and had non manufacture wings fitted.

[mk3phill]

no bumps tis 100% OS! never had a bump,.. well except me but that was reversing into a wall at about .5mph,.. the tow bar saved the bumper

[t5 pete]

The trusty old tow bar gods gift to cars

[mk3phill]

In my experience the first ones to go are always white and silver,regardless of make.

my fiesta was red an that was holey!,.. then my polo was blue an tha was a single hole tha span across the front passenger floor haha

[mk3phill]

The trusty old tow bar gods gift to cars

damm right!! since ive had the car though all my mates have said to remove it,... they jus havent had the pleasure of owning a car wit a towbar.. its great imo,.much more uses than towing aswell

[cameron]

No rust on my Silver one yet

[mk3phill]

yet!! ,..sounds like your expecting some to appear lol

[cameron]

Hell no

I havent seen any rust on it but if i do it'll get rectified quick smart

I wash it every 4 - 5 days so i'll notice it quickly, it gets polished and waxed regular as well, undersealing is the next thing, i'll get it in the air at work and use some of that spray undersealent its quality stuff, much better than the stuff you used to have to paint on that was full of horse hair.

It was a bitch to work with it went everywhere, not good so this new stuff is a godsend........

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNDERSEAL-SEAL...3A1%7C294%3A50

[mk3phill]

yer well i also found some surface rust on my inner wings behind the arch liners... so going to give it all a clean down... then some rust prevention and a good coating of underseal. think ive got a can of the tetroseal spray... will see how it goes on next couple days

[t5 pete]

If you have a air compressor at work use this stuff just remember to put the can in some hot water before use
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tetra-Tetrosyl...A1%7C294%3A200

[cameron]

Yeah we have a compressor, gonna see if i can get my bumpers painted, cheap !

[mk3phill]

hmmm i need an air compressor haha,. would make light work of some heavy rust prevention!!

[unforgiven]

wow i aint seen that kind of rust on a 850 before
i had a black M plate with no rust and now my P reg with not a hint of rust
very strange

[Tomcat]

If it's been washed in fairy liquid regularly then that won't have helped because it contains salt. It is very unsuall to see one of these rust that badly, I do have a teensy bit on mine but I think it's from where a bits gotten stuck and gone unoticed.

[mk3phill]

If it's been washed in fairy liquid regularly then that won't have helped because it contains salt. It is very unsuall to see one of these rust that badly, I do have a teensy bit on mine but I think it's from where a bits gotten stuck and gone unoticed.

yer man when we went to pick it up the previous owner said "oh an i gave it one last wash,. fairy liquid always works" .... i looked at my dad an hung my head in shame haha.. got it home an within 5mins after taking first pics out came the meguires lmao!

[lance]

Very unusual our old 850 is still rust free even where she has been scraped and scratched, my phase 2 however has rust on boot catchs and bottom of seat brackets and hinges! However she was catd or c,d when she was around 1 year old and the only thing we could think it could be is flood damage, not sure if was fresh or salt water, but everything works she drives well but brackets on the inside of seats, boot catch etc have a small amount of rust.