inner arches rust

[lhd220turbo]

anyone got any pics of inner arches which have gone rusty? just interested to see some

[Kedge]

Should find some in here;

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Rust

If you want a real horror case here's one of my old Tech 1 sports - http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

[polsta]

babs grand finale money shot

[Duke137]

anyone got any pics of inner arches which have gone rusty?

Most e30zone members

[snakebrain]

Anyone got any pics of a minty fresh original inner arch?

[Kedge]

anyone got any pics of inner arches which have gone rusty?

Most e30zone members

I doubt that, most daren't look in the first place

[lhd220turbo]

bloody hell, that's bad rot in your thread!

i took all the carpets out of the boot of my IS today as one of the light clusters was leaking, i was very very happy to find no rot!

[Kedge]

Anyone got any pics of a minty fresh original inner arch?

Yup

[lhd220turbo]

well here's mine, the passenger side lense cluster was leaking so there was some moisture which you can see in the pics so it needs a good clean, but overall i'm a happy man

also decided to take off the front bumper as some say the front panel rots where you screw in the tow hook, again this was pretty clean, also removed the front windscreen to check for rot and it was non existant.

im slowly checking all areas.......

[lhd220turbo]

[snakebrain]

Anyone got a frame?

[polsta]

lhd looks like its starting to rust on the drivers side there whats it like further in ? and both sides in from behind the rear door cards you should check , some fertan is good to spray i the areas pictured there to keep anything at bay and get at anything right in there, and then waxoyl, also if you wanted to ensure longetivity you could/should take back all the sealant on the outside of the inner arches, check for rust , then re seal it all, if its a long term keeper , looks ok tho so ensure it stays that way !!

[lhd220turbo]

lhd looks like its starting to rust on the drivers side there whats it like further in ?

where are you looking, the only thing i could find on drivers side is factory sealant.

the passenger side where the electric aerial is wasnt as tidy as the drivers side, but thats because there was a leak & eas still a bit wet. Ill get the all the carpets right out and take some more pics

door cards off is the next to check as well as the driver & passenger carpets have got to come up

not bad for a unrestored 23 year old motor

[polsta]

yeah not bad mate, although the is in the latter e30s produced so a bit behind older ones, but looks good so get it all investigated and sorted, waxoyl the fook out of it all and in the sills and chassis etc, any preventative measures wil help

this is the bit i was on about looks like something is going on

[lhd220turbo]

cheers, that's ^ some sort of grease, a bit like waxoyl

[Brianmoooore]

the passenger side where the electric aerial is wasnt as tidy as the drivers side, but thats because there was a leak & eas still a bit wet.

Can't see the drain tube on the aerial. If it's missing, water'll be getting in that way.

[lhd220turbo]

the passenger side where the electric aerial is wasnt as tidy as the drivers side, but thats because there was a leak & eas still a bit wet.

Can't see the drain tube on the aerial. If it's missing, water'll be getting in that way.[/quote

didnt even know there was meant to be one

where does it connect to and drain to please? funnily enough the electric aerial has stopped working the other day so it has to come out anyway