After stripping down the underside and having gone looking for any areas that had any sign of the early stages of rust. Now the best thing to do was apply Hydrate 80 rust killer to prevent the surface rust becoming more than that in years to come. No point being shy with it. […]
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Forester STI – Pre ‘Undersealing’ Strip Down
After thoroughly cleaning the underside anywhere I could with a pressure washer and allowing everything to dry out. Now it was time to get the car up on the lift and start removing any plastic trims and some suspension parts that would make the job of spraying the protective coatings easier and more effective. This […]
Evo VI – Undersealing the Sills
(First posted on MLR forum in July 2015) These Evo’s are getting on a bit nowadays and rust can be a very serious problem for some of them. I’ve been under mine enough to know it’s not perfect but is certainly nowhere near as bad as some out there. So I really wanted to make […]
MX5 – Rust Prevension Part 2
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2015) Like I said, the rear needed the same treatment as the front so out came my wire brushes, chisels etc again. Fortunately it doesn’t need too much doing though. ย These pics show why I bought this particular car as none of the others I saw looked […]