Rust Prevention

[Muzz2676]

Luckily my e30 has very little rust, there's a couple of bubbles you can see when you open the sunroof. That's not to say there isn't any lurking where the eye can't see.

I was thinking I should take steps to try and keep it this way, I've heard of waxoil but wouldn't know where or how to start. Is it the case that you have to take the car apart to get to the hard to reach places or is there some easy preventative measures I could take?

[Speedtouch]

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

[Muzz2676]

I'm going to use a company to rust proof, these guys look pretty good, they're in Lincolnshire which is a bit of a pain

http://www.rust.co.uk/we-rust-proof-you ... 50/c32734/

[Speedtouch]

Yes, they look pretty good.

[DanThe]

No need to bladder the underside in black shite, your car only needs the typical E30 areas addressing before they start to go bad, if they do at all.
Blacking the complete floor/arches/suspension is massively over the top, I hate working on cars like this

[Muzz2676]

No need to bladder the underside in black shite, your car only needs the typical E30 areas addressing before they start to go bad, if they do at all.
Blacking the complete floor/arches/suspension is massively over the top, I hate working on cars like this

I'll ask them about addressing specific areas

[pacerpete]

Your car WILL have rust . Plastering sh1te over it will not fix it. The rust , no matter how minor needs to be addressed FIRST, then and only then, the anti rust product applied.
Commercial 'rustproofers' DO NOT remove / fix rust. They spray over it. There is only so much you can do in a two hour window.

[Muzz2676]

I understand it'll inevitably have rust somewhere, its 25 years old. To be certain I'd have to strip it and shotblast it and I'm not going to go to those extremes.

In the blub in the link it says they treat any rust found but then I'd imagine that's not the £250 service as its a from price.

I was thinking that some things better than nothing or perhaps its a waste of time and money

[Nobby_N]

Feck me there only down the road from me, any zoners coming into Lincolnshire must pay me first as you will need protection from many factors, mainly inbred action and the fact we dont like outsiders!
On the plus side i bet its an old dude with a ramp covering everything in black shit and emptying your full wallet knowing the likely hood of you owning the car in 10 years when the rust comes through will be almost zero. It will delay rust not cure it though so not all bad surely

[Muzz2676]

Many thanks for your enquiry
The full cost of rust proofing your BMW e SERIES 2 DOOR will be £350.00 for the full service + vat.
Our full rust proofing service includes Steam cleaning salt removal, rust conversion cavity injection and under body protection as per specification below but not additional welding or other repairs if required. The whole process takes two days to complete to allow for drying of rust stabiliser and prep.
The process

High pressure steam cleaning with Rustbuster Chlor-X salt remover

Infra red drying

Remove road wheels and cover brakes and hub.

Removal of any loose rust and old loose coatings.

Removal of any plastic inner arch guards. We do not remove painted plastic arch returns and skirts that form part of the bodywork. We do try to remove the plastic rivets carefully to re use them, any replaced fixings are billed to the customer.

Inspection of chassis/sub frames sills etc for corrosion and rot. Any rot requiring welding will be reported back to the customer prior to repairs being carried out. J.peg pictures will be provided.

Surface rust treated with Rustbuster FE-123 molecular rust converter.

Cavities injected using a high pressure hot fog method with Dinitrol 3125 HS

Under body coated with Dinitrol 4941 Black under body wax.

Plastic Arch guards replaced

Optional Arch Epoxy Guard an extra £100 + vat

We offer an Epoxy arch guard service for steel wheel arches which includes.

Removal of any rust bubbles back to sound steel

Treat with Fe-123 converter


Coating with Rustbuster Epoxy Mastic 121 to inner 3cms of arch and outer wheel arch edge returning approx 3 cm into wheel arch exterior. The standard finish is stipple finish satin black cost for 4 wheel arches £100 + vat
Amount coated varies with each vehicle 3cm is approximate.

Body colour spraying topcoat over 4 Epoxy Archguards is an extra £60.00 for solid colours £100 for metallics and pearls.

Welding repairs
Additional welding repairs are painted with Rustbuster Epoxy mastic 121. and seam sealed with Sikaflex 521 uv prior to finishing with Dinitrol 3125 inside the weld and Dinitrol 4941 out side the weld.
All prices for welding are Estimates.
Optional Rustbuster after care
Within 13 months of your rust proofing anniversary you can call into Rustbuster for an inspection and touch up of under body wax for the sum of £50 + vat. This will be repeated every year until the sixth year then we will inspect and re-inject your vehicle along with any touch up of the underside for a further £100 + vat
Enterprise Car Hire
We have a negotiated rate with Enterprise Car hire of only £20 for two days hire including insurance, with a lower deposit of just £50. On return you bring the car back to Spalding depot and they will take you to our reception, for longer term repairs you can drive home and drop it off at an Enterprise depot near you, they will also take you home from the depot.
We can offer you free transportation to Peterborough main line or Spalding railway station if required. Enterprise ( Spalding) 01775 724 043

[jonesy318]

I was in this place last week collecting some dinitrol rust treatment and some of there epoxy primer, good bunch of people, very knowledgable and willing to give out advice when needed. They were doing a 4x4 at the time i was there, looked very thorough from what i saw. And the dinitrol was cheaper from them than it is direct from dinitrol...

[Mitchen]

They sell themselves well.. I'll give them that!

[Jesus325iTouring]

sounds like a standard rust PROOFING affair, it'll protect your car from rust if it doesn't have any, but rest assured if it does, it'll need addressing at extra cost. I suppose it's a fair deal if your car is 100% rust free and you want to keep it that way.

[DanThe]

Ian I will do a full inspection for free, and advise appropriately

[TriggerFish]

Sounds tempting this does.

If you do go ahead, I'd be very interested to see how they deal with/what they do with the existing factory under seal. I guess ideally it'd all need to come off to see what's underneath? (Although fuel tank/diff etc will make it a pain.)

I need to do mine after having had welding done, but I have no wish to do this myself!

[ross_jsy]

They won't be taking the factory underseal off.

The only way to deal with rust is cut it out and weld new metal in

[Muzz2676]

Ian I will do a full inspection for free, and advise appropriately

Cheers mate!