Subframes...

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vrooom

Original Poster:

3,763 posts

272 months

Wednesday 25th June 2003
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How rusty subframes that are MoT passable....

Saw a mini with no subframes but it camew with back, and its bit rusty but the subframe are soild, no pokey through rust....

And any suggestion of a producxt that paint and prevent the rust ?

Jay

sagalout

18,534 posts

287 months

Wednesday 25th June 2003
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Fatboy

8,056 posts

277 months

Wednesday 25th June 2003
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Any serious rust on a subframe is an MOT failure.

To prevent rust, try Hammerite paint, lots of coats, and waxoil over the top.

Mr2Mike

20,143 posts

260 months

Friday 27th June 2003
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vrooom said:
How rusty subframes that are MoT passable....

Saw a mini with no subframes but it camew with back, and its bit rusty but the subframe are soild, no pokey through rust....

And any suggestion of a producxt that paint and prevent the rust ?

Jay



And once more in English?

annodomini2

6,901 posts

256 months

Saturday 28th June 2003
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Surface rust is acceptable, but rust affecting structural strength of the subframe is not.

danger mouse

3,828 posts

266 months

Saturday 28th June 2003
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Strip off the muck, old paint and rust. Prime with David's Zinc 182* galvanizing paint. Hammerite (Preferably black) and waxoyle it.

It'll be indestructable then.

...just don't drop it on you finger while your doing it...

...like I did.

OUCH, blood, three stitches... etc.


Mouse

*this name always makes me snigger