I've got Rust forming

Stu8 · Post by **Stu8** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:45 pm

Help me, I washed my car today and to my dismay a big Rust patch turned up underneath some mud

What should I do, and how much is it going to cost me?

steve b · Post by **steve b** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:08 pm

as its white not much, nothing to worry about pop in to a body shop and ask

Stu8 · Post by **Stu8** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:16 pm

I know there going to rip me off, and its so close to going Nurburg too

Oh well it's "Sod's Law" aint it.

Kelvin · Post by **Kelvin** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:46 pm

Stu8 wrote:I know there going to rip me off, .......

How come?

Find a good reputable bodyshop and get a quote. I'd actually advise just scrapping off the surface rust and treating that yourself and getting it properly seen to in the summer, when the ambient temps are a bit warmer and there's less (

) moisture in the air. My local bodyshop always advises to wait on small jobs until the warmer months, and they have an extremely high reputation as the local Porsche, Mercedes and BMW dealerships use them.

Kelvin

Stu8 · Post by **Stu8** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:16 pm

cheers for that.
Although putting a sandpaper to my "tubby" is not going to be very pleasant at all

it's such as shame as the rest of the paint bodywork is in pristine condition

Kelvin · Post by **Kelvin** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:25 pm

at the end of the day, it's only paint and metal. Preventative work now better than welding in panels later.

From the looks of that picture, give the area a good polish first to get rid of the rust staining on the paint and it won't look so bad and also show you where you need to remove the top coat of paint and treat. Then attack it with some sandpaper and it will look as bad, if not worse.

Saying that i'm probably the last person to take advice from as I always concentrate on the mechanicals rather than the body. get it running and stopping right, thensort out the fancy stuff has always been my motto.

Then again, my Suzuki SJ has just polished up rather nicely today for it's eBay pictures tomorrow!

Kelvin

Dale_V · Post by **Dale_V** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:33 pm

get the majority off with wet and dry paper then put some grease on it until you get to a bodyshop

Stu8 · Post by **Stu8** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:18 pm

right cheers both of you.
I've just polished the surface rust and plonked some grease on it.

I'll sand it down in the light tomorrow

rev3turbo · Post by **rev3turbo** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:34 pm

SNAP!!! found the exact same thing in the exact same place on mine last week, i feel this may be the work of aliens!!

Kieron · Post by **Kieron** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:33 pm

You need to get some rust inhibitor on it, it turns the rust into hard metal to stop it spreading.

Looks like an easy repair with a lower door paint job, pop the moulding off to hide the seam then reaffix, buff to match paint.

Maybe £100 to £150 done...

craig · Post by **craig** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:14 pm

Doesn't look like it would take much to sort mate. If it is just surface rust, you could probably sort it yourself for relatively cheap!

Stef Derner · Post by **Stef Derner** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:35 pm

You are going to need to sort the dent out too. At first I thought "thats odd, twos don't rust there" then I noticed the dent. Has it had some hand jockey open a door into it in the car park?

MattMR2 · Post by **MattMR2** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:05 pm

I'm no expert at repairing these things but I have come across a 'How To' guide from Halfords that I will probably give a go.
http://www.halfords.com/263.asp

It tells you how to repair body work and spray paint it afterwards.

Regards,

Matt

www.imoc.co.uk

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