Advice on rust protection/undercoat/paint/underseal

[RustyMojo]

Looking tomorrow

Good luck mate, both of mine looked like hardly anything until I sanded back the underseal, seam sealer etc.

 

[Greeny.]

Good luck mate, both of mine looked like hardly anything until I sanded back the underseal, seam sealer etc.

Should change your name to RustHunter

 

[Greeny.]

@RustyMojo

Not bad...

What what you recommend I do with these aa they look fine to me?

Petrol cap came out ok, I wouldn’t get a job in a body shop but happy with the result regardless:

 

[RustyMojo]

it was the other side of the petrol cap I was talking about mate inside the wheel arch. Right in the top corner behind the filler neck.

I can’t comment on the inner sills yet as I haven’t got there! Not looking forward to it either

 

[Greeny.]

it was the other side of the petrol cap I was talking about mate inside the wheel arch. Right in the top corner behind the filler neck.

I can’t comment on the inner sills yet as I haven’t got there! Not looking forward to it either

Ah sorry misunderstood, no pics of that and it’s now covered in under body seal, wasn’t to bad though!

 

[Touring_Rob]

@RustyMojo

Not bad...

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What what you recommend I do with these aa they look fine to me?

Petrol cap came out ok, I wouldn’t get a job in a body shop but happy with the result regardless:

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You don't happen to know what size rivets you used for the filler do you?

 

[Greeny.]

You don't happen to know what size rivets you used for the filler do you?

Whatever I happened to have in the garage sorry Rob

 

[Superwoman90]

I'll be checking mine this week, very helpful pics, comments and advice on products used

 

[Touring_Rob]

Whatever I happened to have in the garage sorry Rob

No worries!

 

[Louis]

Mine looked like there was little there
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outside looked just like light bubbling
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until you remove the flap and filler
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All treated and repaired.
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Mine looks like the first photo... mud protects all.

 

[RustyMojo]

Mine looks like the first photo... mud protects all.

Get it sorted you lazy sod!

 

[Touring_Rob]

After nearly 1k of driving through salty winter without any arch liners (its on the to do list) I can report that the components that have survived the best, and show absolutely no signs of any corrosion are those which I brush painted with epoxy mastic 121.

I did the whole backside of the filler area with it after spending an hour in there with a grinder luckily for me I caught it before there was any major corrosion but I can 1000% recommend painting areas like that in epoxy. Its dead easy, looks good and protects the area fantastically.

My ARB I had ground back, then coated in rust converter (fe-123) then satin black then clear dinitrol, that has started to corrode very slightly. I believe the flap disk ended up polishing rust up so I trapped rust, the converter seems to be suspended in latex and the light coat of clear dinitrol just sits on top.

All the areas which were done with epoxy first followed by a wax (I used various Dinitrol products) are absolutely as they were and I expect they will be for a long time yet.

Next up i'll remove the sill covers, clean up and expoxy coat these areas too, luckily for me the black epoxy seems to be a decent colour match for black gold... just without the flake obvs.

 

[Mattjenkins12]

Sorry to jump on this thread late… Jumping on my fuel filler area tomorrow so we’ll see how it turns out. See attached photos

 

[hopgop1]

This may be a silly question, but how the hell do you get the original plastics 'bolts' off on the fuel door hinge?

 

[Touring_Rob]

This may be a silly question, but how the hell do you get the original plastics 'bolts' off on the fuel door hinge?

They aren't plastic. They are a c**t.

It's a normal bolt but the head is surrounded by plastic - crap design. I gripped the plastic flange thing with mole grips and managed to get the nut off.

Then I cut the plastic raised section off and repainted so I could use button head stainless volts to reinstall.

 

[DomP182]

Sorry to jump on this thread late… Jumping on my fuel filler area tomorrow so we’ll see how it turns out. See attached photos

That looks like mine before I hit it with a knotted wheel, be prepared for the rust to have gone a lot further than you think/hope. Mine had holed the top of the arch in a small area.