Whats best to cure/prevent Surface Rust on underside?

swamper

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Zed Carer said:
swamper said:
Zed Carer said:
Mine only had very light surface rust when I bought it in 2008 but I took it HERE and it had the full treatment using Waxoyl and nearly 4 years on it still looks fine. They did all the underside, wishbones, drop link arms, etc and took the wheel arch liners out, etc. When BMW repaired my boot welds they commented on how well the re-injection and underseal had been done.
how much was it to have done ?
£245 for the full treatment, free inspection after the first year then £20 for the next annual inspections - includes any touching up that needs doing. He's been getting recommendations on Pistonheads (Yorkshire Area) as well. Have you looked in the gallery? He did a DB7 for someone who bought it as a long term keeper.

thats well worth looking into...cheers for the heads up ;)
 

TWO

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Just purchased several cans of Dinitrol RC900 Rust Converter + Dinitrol Underbody Wax......I will post updates as I progress.

While I have the Zed in the air; I am seriously considering changing the wishbone suspension bushes using OEM originals..........I'm afraid I have discounted the polythene option.

Has anyone got either a link within .ORG or .NET to give an 'idiots guide' on the process of changing the front suspension bushes. I have found numerous details on changing the trailing wishbone bushes + complete housing.....but the rest is a bit vague......as far as I could find :-\

I'm all for 'getting stuck in', but would much prefer to hear from other members experiences before I proceed. :-bd

Many thanks
 

abh29

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Brought this old thread back up as I am looking to get some protection under the Z3.
Leaning towards Waxoyl,I do live by seaside so that does not help.
Any thought
 

billysally208

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Holy resurrected threads Batman :)

I did the underneath of mine with this stuff http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261633895099?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Seems good stuff - not as thick as some of the other makes and a lot easier to apply. I wire brushed the whole of the underneath of the car,mostly surface rust, and treated any some areas with some paint that a mate of mine gave me. He worked for the company that maintains the electricity pylons and this is the paint they used for that. Good stuff - you don't see many rusty pylons! I did have a 25 litre drum but it's just about gone now. I then sprayed the whole of the underneath - taking care to cover the exhaust and brake clipers, etc.

Only downside is at MOT time I got one advisory - 'underpanels covered in sealant' - still I can live with that and not many people would be put off by that
 

5harp3y

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POR15 Chassis black, brushable very strong

Bilt Hamber Dynax cavity wax, excellent product and comes in massive cans with cavity lances
 

g8jka

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I've just done my 2.8 whilst I had the panels off. For the rust I just used hammerite kurust and then covered it all with carplan tetroseal which is like a thick tar type product that dries hard. All from eurocarparts when they had the 30% offer on. A lot cheaper than some of the other products but they both seem to have done a great job. Still got all the underside to do but the panels don't need removing to do that.
 
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