Stopping rusting between sideskirts

Soldato
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Some of you may have seen my recent thread about welding and rust repairs...

Well I ripped the side spats off my car yesterday and the metal underneath had completed rusted through.

Just wondering, when I have new panels welded in, how will I stop this from happening in future?

Just treat the area with Hammerite rust paint or Waxoyl between the car and side skirt or is there another method? Drilling holes in the skirt to allow water to drain?

Cheers :)
 
Probably :)

But wouldn't some form of treatment have been done when the car was made?

I thought the reason why the sills have rusted away, is because of water that got trapped between the sill and skirt?
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Doesnt look so much of a bargain now :p

Not really bothered about it tbh :)

I knew it needed some work when I bought it, and it's not something I'll get bored with in a year or so. I was quite contempt with the 214, and dropping a turbo lump in this one when the time comes will be a whole lot easier.

JRS, :D
 
You want to attend one of the Manchester Meets.

Rovers and Head gasket failure are the most talked about things of the whole day.

People slating Rovers doesn't bother me though. In fact, I like to join in with the jokes. :D

I'm glad I bought a Rover (on my 3rd in fact) and won't let it get me down what other people say. Afterall, it's me who has to drive it.
 
LMAO :D

I remember El saying something like "Have you eaten this before Andy"... pointing to Mayo. :(

Anyway... can anyone provide some help on this matter *cough*
 
Cheers for the replies guys.

Fulcrum, so basically, spray Waxoyl into every sill, wheelarch and underbody panel I get can to?

Liverpool-Lad, afraid the actual panels have rusted straight through. I stuck a screwdriver through one panel, pulled it out and it took half of the panel with it :(

I've waxoyl'd the entire open sills for now... until I can get them welded.
 
The actual shell of the car isn't rusted. 30 seconds of me slamming a screwdriver into it, it wasn't going anywhere.

It's just the outside layer of metal that fell straight through.

If the actual shell was falling to bits I'd set it on fire myself. :)
 
lol, well you can find a few pics in this thread :)

I'll take some more tomorrow of the sills.

On another note, I love your new car! Hope you get it soon :)
 
I was just about to say... wait until you see the sills :D

Sorry... I meant the things that used to be sills!

I could have fixed the damage in those pictures with Isopon no problems... the sills however, they'll need filling.

And that was a question in my OP... how to stop the new welded panels from ending up in the same way? Spray waxoyl between the sill and side skirt?
 
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