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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 5182 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Impossible to say without seeing it. Jules |
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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Depends how hands on you are I guess. A wire brush (use eye protection) and a waxoil won't break the bank and will do the car some good. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
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archie98 Member Since: 18 Oct 2011 Location: derbyshire Posts: 709 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I will have a scrabble underneath over the weekend to have a look |
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blueboy Member Since: 20 Aug 2017 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 202 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I thought the panels had some sort of zinc coating/galvanising.
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archie98 Member Since: 18 Oct 2011 Location: derbyshire Posts: 709 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Well I had a look and it's only surface rust. Why they flagged it up on the Mot I have no idea. There's a place in Chesterfield that does wax oiling they are going to phone me next week if they do it as I want is will have it done |
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Delboy Member Since: 31 Aug 2017 Location: Norwich Posts: 108 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
When I bought mine last year I was shocked at how much corrosion there was on both sills and all wheel arches.
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archie98 Member Since: 18 Oct 2011 Location: derbyshire Posts: 709 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I could do it myself but don't have the time. I am going to ask if this place in Chesterfield will remove the plastic wheel arches and do more or less what you have done. |
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archie98 Member Since: 18 Oct 2011 Location: derbyshire Posts: 709 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Had the price today £225 plus vat remove the plastic wheel arches clean all off under and treatment they have agreed to email before and after I can then post on here |
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Delboy Member Since: 31 Aug 2017 Location: Norwich Posts: 108 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
That’s not a bad price for the work involved. Make sure they also remove the plastic outer sills because inner metal ones will need attention I’m sure. Hope it goes okay.
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archie98 Member Since: 18 Oct 2011 Location: derbyshire Posts: 709 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Well today was the day after dropping the car off, I had a phone call 4 hours later saying that they are not prepared to remove the wheel arch liners incase they break them. It was said that if I removed them they would then do it. So if I go to all that trouble I may as well do it myself. I will remove the surface rust as that's all there is paint with galvanised paint then wax oil. Bit of a waste of time and diesel so no point in anyone going to motor seeker in Chesterfield |
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shiggsy Member Since: 13 Jan 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 799 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Are Rustbuster close enough to you, (Spalding) they did mine about 5 years ago.
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archie98 Member Since: 18 Oct 2011 Location: derbyshire Posts: 709 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spalding may be a bit far how do you remove the door sill covers6 |
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shiggsy Member Since: 13 Jan 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 799 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
As far as I remember, a couple of metal screws front and rear, then the plastic ones along the bottom. |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Back in the old days when I drove Morris Marinas etc I used to paint the underside of my vehicles with old engine oil. This worked fine until we had some friends visit with a small white Scottie dog who came in one day with his head and back covered in engine oil as he had clearly been under the car. Poor bu**er spent about an hour in the bath whilst we tried a mixture of swarfega and fairy liquid to clean him up. We decided against using Gunk. |
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