help common e30 rust traps where are they?

[whipsey]

i've just started stripping out my e30 shell i'm about to replace the usual rear inner and outer arches as there shot the sills have been done already as has the rear panel i've got a hole in the battery tray under the bonnet this is as far as i've got where else should i look i wanna cure all the problems before i put the bigg engine and leathers etc in can any body help me

[Morat]

I'm no expert but from other posts it seems you should check the floor infront of the driver and front passenger.

[whipsey]

yep that sounds about right forgot i had to do them on
my other e30

[maxfield]

Under the scuttle and top of the sruts

[tickle]

under the storage boxes in the boot + around sunroof in mine

[bigkev]

mines gone at the bottom of both A pillars

[Simon]

Anywhere...

If you are stripping down the car, then it's the ideal opportunity to give the car a going over.

[whipsey]

yep thats the idea strip the shell down and clear all rust etc i did this to my other e30 before someone wrote it off a few weeks after

[Cava]

Check the inside of the boot above the rear lights. All of the e30's I have owned have started to develop rust there.

[mash]

. . . and below the rear towing eye. You often see blisters underneath the underseal.

[E30BeemerLad]

front bulkhead, up behind glovebox area/ behind fusebox under bonnet

front & rear footwells, under rear seat, if the car has Mtec kit then the kit could be holding the car together. If you have a sunroof, check the drain channels are not blocked. jacking points (get rid of 'em and plate 'em up if they are grotty.

[whipsey]

right i've had a look a posts are solid so is scuttle panel cant find anything around sunroof a little round rear lights and boot floor is solid think it may have been replaced with rear panel

[mrLEE30]

in the drain channel for the boot lid just under the rear window (and lift the rubber seal, water collects there, also check underneath where the bootlid hinges are, my uk E30 rusted through there and the hinge fell off

bottom of doors is a drain they also rust a bit there as the drain becomes plugged and water collects in the door skin, even my cab in 50C sunshine weather rusted a bit there, its never seen rain!!

mrlee