Undersealing

[B5ELF]

I have heard that people like to underseal these Aussie imports as I guess the Aussies don't need to underseal them. Is this still the case with the new GTS. If so, who does it and how much does it cost?

[MyM8V8]

Yes you will need to IIRC. I am interested to know who is the best at this as I will need to be doing the same next year.

There is a guy well rec'd in Scotland, but a bit far for me.

[B5ELF]

MyM8V8 said:

Yes you will need to IIRC. I am interested to know who is the best at this as I will need to be doing the same next year.

There is a guy well rec'd in Scotland, but a bit far for me.

Yeah, Scotland would be a bit far for me too. Preferably looking round the Reading area. Might ask Joe @ Bellingers if they can do that for me before I pick it up.

[Tattooboy]

The later GTS models had better underseal than the earlier CV8's, Monaro's and VXR8's, they also came with the benefit of underbody trays.

I still gave mine to Neil Johnson on here who slapped a load of Marine Grade under seal on it for me and done a great job for a good price, wheels off, arch liners off, front bumber etc etc.

Luckily mine is always garaged which helps a great deal.

[B5ELF]

Tattooboy said:

The later GTS models had better underseal than the earlier CV8's, Monaro's and VXR8's, they also came with the benefit of underbody trays.

I still gave mine to Neil Johnson on here who slapped a load of Marine Grade under seal on it for me and done a great job for a good price, wheels off, arch liners off, front bumber etc etc.

Luckily mine is always garaged which helps a great deal.

Where abouts is he?

Mine will be parked on my drive and due to the angle of the drive I have to keep it well salted/gritted in the winter else you can't even walk up it let alone get the car off the drive

[Tattooboy]

B5ELF said:

Tattooboy said:

The later GTS models had better underseal than the earlier CV8's, Monaro's and VXR8's, they also came with the benefit of underbody trays.

I still gave mine to Neil Johnson on here who slapped a load of Marine Grade under seal on it for me and done a great job for a good price, wheels off, arch liners off, front bumber etc etc.

Luckily mine is always garaged which helps a great deal.

Where abouts is he?

Mine will be parked on my drive and due to the angle of the drive I have to keep it well salted/gritted in the winter else you can't even walk up it let alone get the car off the drive

He's in Walderslade, Kent.

Sounds like you'd be wise to get it done then if you're thinking of keeping it long term, but saying that, I had my old Monaro VXR fully undersealed, then sold it !

[007 VXR]

Monkfish did mine.
Neil is just up the road from me me5 Kent

[SturdyHSV]

Monkfish did mine, and aren't too far from you. Very good job they did too, Andy was very proud

[ringram]

These guys are 5min from me, so Ill give them a whirl. Ill probably take off bumpers for them

http://www.waxoylprofessional.com/index.html

Feedback etc seem pretty good..

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=103...

http://www.rhobbs.co.uk/2011/01/rust-proofing-the-...

Looks about £400

Ill report back after. Might watch them do it as well and get a few crap pics.

[Gary H 2008]

Anyone actually seen a rusted away VXR8?

[Tattooboy]

Gary H 2008 said:

Anyone actually seen a rusted away VXR8?

It's prob too early for VXR8's, but Raving has seen plenty of bad examples on the earlier CV8's/Monaro's

[stigmundfreud]

B5ELF said:

MyM8V8 said:

Yes you will need to IIRC. I am interested to know who is the best at this as I will need to be doing the same next year.

There is a guy well rec'd in Scotland, but a bit far for me.

Yeah, Scotland would be a bit far for me too. Preferably looking round the Reading area. Might ask Joe @ Bellingers if they can do that for me before I pick it up.

keeping away from namig and shaming issues look elsewhere, I am reading/Swindon based too and could do with finding someone good. Monkfish do it over in MK and possibly Walkinshaws in Chipping Norton

[B5ELF]

stigmundfreud said:

B5ELF said:

MyM8V8 said:

Yes you will need to IIRC. I am interested to know who is the best at this as I will need to be doing the same next year.

There is a guy well rec'd in Scotland, but a bit far for me.

Yeah, Scotland would be a bit far for me too. Preferably looking round the Reading area. Might ask Joe @ Bellingers if they can do that for me before I pick it up.

keeping away from namig and shaming issues look elsewhere, I am reading/Swindon based too and could do with finding someone good. Monkfish do it over in MK and possibly Walkinshaws in Chipping Norton

Cool, will check with Walky's later. Easier to get to than MF.

[B5ELF]

Have just contacted Walky's, will do the same with MF in a bit. Think they both need to update their sites as they both appear to have been last updated at the turn of the decade!

[Gary H 2008]

I'm really surprised you're even looking TBH.
You're buying a £50K Brand new car with a lifetime /100K mile warranty and you're worrying about spraying some black tar all over it?
Shouldn't you be asking Vauxhall?

[B5ELF]

Gary H 2008 said:

I'm really surprised you're even looking TBH.
You're buying a £50K Brand new car with a lifetime /100K mile warranty and you're worrying about spraying some black tar all over it?
Shouldn't you be asking Vauxhall?

Seeing as the vx dealerships are having a hard time just matching the paint colours right now, I wouldn't expect them to know about the underseal. Might see if Holden Au know if they are sealed.

But yeah, its a 55k purchase I would like to protect as I want this car to last a looooooooong time!

[Gary H 2008]

You're missing my point Barney - your Warranty will be Vauxhall UK.
There's no point asking Holden - they don't make the car - HSV do. And for the Australian market, I'm pretty sure there is no need to underseal.

As to what's done to the car to make it UK compliant - and for Vauxhall to offer that warranty on it - you'd hope that someone somewhere had a pretty in-depth conversation to ensure that all the actionable warranty items were covered

[Gary H 2008]

Tattooboy said:

Gary H 2008 said:

Anyone actually seen a rusted away VXR8?

It's prob too early for cars from this century, but Raving has seen plenty of bad examples on the earlier Omegas's/Senators/horsecarts

EFA

[TonyTwoTribes]

I think the new car life time warranty is applicable for the first owner only (not 100% sure) so a manufacturer knows that it is highly unlikely the first owner will keep it for 100k miles etc, so the risk to them of a claim will be small, (even more so if only a small qty is sold in Europe and corrosion is a concern, we pamper our cars normally (not all) many live in a Garage/ taken off road for winter etc and they know that as well, so risk to them reduces even more, If modified or sold on the warranty is not usually valid. So if as you say you are going to keep it a long time, you as the first purchaser should have not a lot to worry about in regards to corrosion at least.

[fastbikes76]

Gary H 2008 said:

You're buying a £50K Brand new car with a lifetime /100K mile warranty and you're worrying about spraying some black tar all over it?

Most warranties only include 3-5 years paint/corrosion though so best checking what is and isn't covered. Also for the paint/corrosion warranty to apply you HAVE to take the car in annually for its paint inspection which is totally separate and not carried out at the same time as a routine service.

For me personally, its a no brainer to protect your 55K for the sake of 400-500 quid.