E30 Zone

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:58 pm**

Could i please suggest you have a look under the rubber tailgate seal?

I just did and i'm not all that happy with what i found...

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Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:59 pm**

scunner!

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:06 pm**

oooh crap dude

checking mine tomorrow

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:34 pm**

Frightened to look at mine now!

What the eye doesn't see, the wallet doesn't grieve.

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:35 pm**

EEeeekkk!!!

Don't think I want to look.

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:37 pm**

Looks nasty, will check mine soon

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:37 pm**

Don't even want to look there(think its ok tho)

Got too many other things to do to the bloody thing without having to worry about some thing else

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:01 pm**

will look in the morning

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:02 pm**

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:03 pm**

ouch-you have my sympathies! i'll check both mine in the morning

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:04 pm**

Ten tourings, and not one with the slightest bit of rust there!
Up where the number plate lights are is another matter!

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:25 pm**

i'm not worried it's only a bolt on panel, mine is uber milege and ok as is my spare tailgate

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:36 pm**

it's the rear panel in the pictures not the tailgate

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:58 am**

i love you brian you are the king of council rust mine aint got no rust there either lol

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:29 am**

Mmmm, suggestions?

Is simon right? is it a bolt on panel? :hopeful:

If not i'll clean it up. I suppose just cut back to good metal as it is an unseen panel.?

I guess that what you get for having an E30 that spent the last 15years parked on the seafront all day.

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:32 am**

15 years on the see front!! Not bad going. I had a Starion that was 2 owners and 60k miles, but about the only bit that wasn't rusty was the glass. That was only 8 years on the seafront.

Salt, you gotta love it!

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:06 am**

MIne's minty fresh. But the tail gate it self is a bit on the rusty side...

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:25 am**

Mines all lovely

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:30 am**

yaaay i got got no rust on mine either

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:49 am**

mines all good no rust full stop

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:40 am**

my bad! bit too much to drink last night, my vision has failed me!

Mine has a bit there too, but it's not like that!

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:02 am**

i had a bit there too

got it sorted before the respray

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:26 pm**

Hmm i guess i'm just special hey?

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:34 pm**

had a gander at mine, its just starting to creep in! tho it probably looks like yours did 10 years ago.
anyhoo, im in the market for a good tailgate in lachs silver?? anyone?? its going at the bottom corners, and under the bottom edge of the window. ive had it painted bout 4 months ago, but its coming back under the paint!!

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:40 pm**

il check mine tomorrow shouldnt be 2 bad as there is very little rust on ine i hope.

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:43 pm**

mine is relatively good. a few rust stains from teeeeeny sport but nowt else.
i'd hazzard a guess it's been replaced at some stage. repairs always rust out first. it may have been more than a decade ago though...

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:48 pm**

Mine has very minor scabby rust on the panel, just about to respray the panel though...
I've even got a new rubber seal for the thing I bought about 2 weeks ago...

Posted: **Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:05 pm**

Just checked mine and about 2" resembles a Cadburys flake, but a bit more edible. The rest is good thankfully.....

Posted: **Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:45 pm**

You will be suprised how much rust you will find on some of these cars when you start poking them with chisels and screwdrivers

Posted: **Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:49 pm**

junkjimmy wrote:You will be suprised how much rust you will find on some of these cars when you start poking them with chisels and screwdrivers

dont poke with chisels and screwdrivers. ignorance is bliss

Posted: **Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:05 pm**

Wax oil,shutz,zinc spray jobs a fish

Posted: **Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:31 pm**

After seeing this post I checked my '89 320 and all was O.K. Went to buy another Touring on Sat, I gave it a good check but thankfully all was O.K. ('93 316)

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:49 am**

Mine is minty fresh.

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:46 am**

Checked mine yesterday, bit of surface stuff on the lip but nothing to worry about in the next few days, will sort it with the rest of the bodywork

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:29 am**

munky30 wrote:Mine is minty fresh.

ahahahahaha even rust doesnt want to be in/on your car

OT-I've still not checked either of mine

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