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Thanks for the replies!
The car, otherwise, is spot on, lots of new parts & spent some time trying to make A1
It is priced very highly & the fact that after much work restoring the car there is potentially rust (re)emerging, suggests it may need more severe metalwork, which I'm led to believe could be £1,000s rather than £100s to put right.
It's a shame as it's spot on otherwise, I don't think the seller would take that sort of money off the asking price.
The car, otherwise, is spot on, lots of new parts & spent some time trying to make A1
It is priced very highly & the fact that after much work restoring the car there is potentially rust (re)emerging, suggests it may need more severe metalwork, which I'm led to believe could be £1,000s rather than £100s to put right.
It's a shame as it's spot on otherwise, I don't think the seller would take that sort of money off the asking price.
It's their big weak-spot - in front of the rear arches.
Short-cut to checking is to take out the rear speaker grilles, take out the speakers (needs a bit of finessing / playing around - note they've a connector on the back which you'll need to disconnect, then you can fit a SMALL camera through the aperture aim it downwards with flash on and take a few photos.
Mine looked worse than that from the outside, but looking from the inside the main issue was the 'floor' just inside the arch (i.e. the sill) - lot of surface corrosion, a few patches clearly deeper.
Fixing it properly WILL require cutting, welding in new metal and repainting, so yes, £400-800 per arch realistically for a good job, depending on where you go and how bad it is.
Thing is, I can only see the good ones rising in value (albeit slowly - not got the motorsport heritage in Europe and isn't rwd), so you need to decide how 'good' this is for the money...
Short-cut to checking is to take out the rear speaker grilles, take out the speakers (needs a bit of finessing / playing around - note they've a connector on the back which you'll need to disconnect, then you can fit a SMALL camera through the aperture aim it downwards with flash on and take a few photos.
Mine looked worse than that from the outside, but looking from the inside the main issue was the 'floor' just inside the arch (i.e. the sill) - lot of surface corrosion, a few patches clearly deeper.
Fixing it properly WILL require cutting, welding in new metal and repainting, so yes, £400-800 per arch realistically for a good job, depending on where you go and how bad it is.
Thing is, I can only see the good ones rising in value (albeit slowly - not got the motorsport heritage in Europe and isn't rwd), so you need to decide how 'good' this is for the money...
Top one looks like the plastic sill-protector - the metal's behind that.
Next two look a little like what I was on about, but there's more light there - who by / when were the pics taken?
The liquid intrigues me - if that's some sort of waxoyl, then the paint underneath looks clean, which suggests no issues to me. But I'm not an expert...just remember mine looking a lot more 'normally rusty'
Next two look a little like what I was on about, but there's more light there - who by / when were the pics taken?
The liquid intrigues me - if that's some sort of waxoyl, then the paint underneath looks clean, which suggests no issues to me. But I'm not an expert...just remember mine looking a lot more 'normally rusty'
Price sounds steep to me, I sold a '00 Type-Rx last year which was completely rust free for £5,500 and engine/suspension was spot on (pic in my profile details)
If the rear arches are showing rust on the paint surface, there is going to be a huge amount hidden...it's like an iceberg on Honda's.
Good luck.
If the rear arches are showing rust on the paint surface, there is going to be a huge amount hidden...it's like an iceberg on Honda's.
Good luck.
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