help me!!! i'm rusting!!

[littlegearl]

well ok, not me but my car... i have owned my almost pristine mk 1 cavalier for nearly a year now and unfortuantly although the chassis et al is fine, rust is starting to show on the bodywork...

the main areas are around the rear arches, and the front of the car, which is mainly "cosmetic rust" as its where the paintwork has got damaged from stone chips and the like...

i was just wondering if anyone can help me with some miricle cure, that will solve my rust problem!!

i'm more worried about the rust at the front of the car rather than the wheel arches as this is only very small and a notorius rusting spot for cavaliers...

any advice of info would be greatly recieved!!!

cheers,
Gareth.

[P*Ting]

Hammerite Krust works wonders on my Escort. Strangely it did almost nothing to my MK3 cavalier tho. It's definately worth a try though.

[Superflid]

Lots of rust treatments about but make sure you get back to bare metal before using one. Bloody hard work but it will come back quickly if a half-arsed job is done. (Not that I ever did a half-arsed job )
I have some of the same on my Legacy wheelarches which will need to be done.

[anonymous-user]

I had a Manta and they rust around the front nose cone.
Usually from above the headlamps, from under the bonnet.

Try having a look there as if they are anything like a Manta, rust from the inside out.

The rear wheel arches are a pain.
I had one of mine sprayed about three times over the space of 8 years.
Again this is rusting from the inside out, that part of the arch is all double skinned and is difficult to stop rust coming back through as it rots between the skins.

Lee.