Yep not bad at all one day to take all the under side off axel fuel tank etc and full interior out and another day to cut and weld the underside after that its the crap bit of striping all the old underseal off to replace with new
Yep not bad at all one day to take all the under side off axel fuel tank etc and full interior out and another day to cut and weld the underside after that its the crap bit of striping all the old underseal off to replace with new
burn it off with a butane turch if your brave enough. the type the roofers use. thatll make light work of it. i used to used stonechip and the paint the floor and arches using either hammerite if was white or 2k. with out doubt its the easiest. when my volvo got repaired a while back they used a ruber coating on the boot floor. its prevents it from chiping and looks like factory
s60 2.4 t5 eibach springs,up rated rear anti roll bar, poly bushed wishbones, poly lower engine mount, fmic, bmc air filter, 3" decat, 2.5" stainless exhaust,hlm remap 328bhp,
Yeah im going to give burning it off a go first and as for the under sealer I was thinking of getting a paint shop to mix a batch of under sealer the same colour as the car.
Hi,
Good luck with this, glad to see it's not just me that tries to save them from rusting into the ground!
Have you checked the odd curve in front of the front strut mounts, behind the black plastic box, on the drivers side, for rust? One of my guls has a hole you can put your fingers through in there.
Looks like the inner wing liners don't stop crud from going up in there and getting trapped. Mine looked like it had rusty streaks down the inside, until I checked the back.... and then the crying started....
Yes, if you look behind the ecu box and the expansion header tank, tucked up in the corner, and the same on the other side, the coumpound curve has rotted out on mine. If I could work out how to make my work network let me attach pictures I could show you better, pictures being worth a thousand words and all that.......
t5 pete (Wednesday 10th July 2013)
I found some rust thats starting behind the rear arch liner on the drivers side, it's not too far gone yet but it's certainly not surface rust. I always thought that these cars just didnt rust at all, apparently I was wrong.
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Tomcat (Wednesday 10th July 2013)
Ahem ***ford***
19t, greens, 3" inlet, 3" downpipe with race cat, V70R catback, autotech map...
310.2bhp / 333ft/lb
2016 Swedish Day UK "Best Modified Swede"
SOLD
Got an old discovery now.
Tomcat (Wednesday 10th July 2013)
Yes, I was of the same opinion, before I started poking around too deeply. The other favourite seems to be the spacing bracket between the inner and outer wings, in front of the front wheels.
I always think about early fords when I think of rust, spent half my early driving days repairing rusty fords..
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Previous cars:
1996 855 T5 (Ex Police),1996 854 T5,1996 855 T5,1995 855 Black T-5R,1996 960,1997 855 R
What most people seem to forget is that these cars are around 20 yrs old now so tbh they have done brilliant to get to this age look at a lot of other cars from the mid to eairly 90's they haven't faired so well.
Best thing to do with our cars is when you first see rust get it sorted and not leave it or just give it a quick rub and hope for the best as that's how it spreads and gets a lot worse.
Tomcat (Wednesday 10th July 2013)
Yeah you make a good point Pete, because they stand up to so much punishment and last so long everyone forgets just how old these cars are.
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Previous cars:
1996 855 T5 (Ex Police),1996 854 T5,1996 855 T5,1995 855 Black T-5R,1996 960,1997 855 R
Update time
As I now have a donour car I needed to strip a few items off bumble bee (yes that's its name) to see the extent of the rust and what needed replacing tbh its not bad at all with most of the rust just being surface and will grind back to solid metal other areas will be cut out and replaced.
I also started stripping the underseal off it wasn't too hard the scraper and angle grinder made short work of it and with a good rub down with brake and clutch cleaner it will be ready for primer then new under seal once all the repair work has been done.
Any way piccys
Rear bumper bracket
And the bumper main bolts was a nice challenge to remove with out snapping
craigoodwood (Wednesday 31st July 2013)
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