The Eternal Corrosion Question on a 3.2
Discussion
g7jhp said:
I think they'll suggest SVP in Droitwich
Been a while since you’ve been on IB.com, didn’t realise just how long with that suggestion 
I doubt anyone on IB (or DDK) would recommend SVP
cornershop said:
g7jhp said:
I think they'll suggest SVP in Droitwich
Been a while since you’ve been on IB.com, didn’t realise just how long with that suggestion I doubt anyone on IB (or DDK) would recommend SVP
There are two methods for dealing with this:
#1. Fingers in ears shouting ‘la la la I’m not listening’ when anyone mentions it and enjoy driving your car and make some great memories.
Best of luck with either option!
#1. Fingers in ears shouting ‘la la la I’m not listening’ when anyone mentions it and enjoy driving your car and make some great memories.
- 2. Bite the bullet take it apart and be prepared for massive bills and not using your car for three years.
Best of luck with either option!
FarQue said:
'Coupe which has had no bodywork.
It was in it's day a concourse car so had a full re-spray'
If your car has already had a respray, then getting a bit of rust sorted isn't going to affect its 'originality': it has long since lost its originality.
And it never ceases to amaze me how people with respray a car without checking properly for rust in the obvious places (eg kidney bowls and inner wings on 3.2). Sorry to say that if you have bubbles, you are likely to have a lot of trouble. And get the inner wings checked too. Good luck. Lovely car It was in it's day a concourse car so had a full re-spray'
If your car has already had a respray, then getting a bit of rust sorted isn't going to affect its 'originality': it has long since lost its originality.
I daily drove a 3.2 between ‘87 and ‘96. The car was an ‘85. At 11 years old the rust issues on that car were best described as catastrophic.
Outwardly it looked great, other than a few blisters here and there, which would weep moisture if they were pressed...
As others have said, it was corroding from the inside out. It put me off the 3.2, so I went on to 993 and used used a ‘96 993Cs as a daily until 2009, when some bodywork was needed after a minor rear shunt. What was found lurking underneath wasn’t a pretty sight...
In my experience they were similar to the 3.2 in the way they corroded.
Outwardly it looked great, other than a few blisters here and there, which would weep moisture if they were pressed...
As others have said, it was corroding from the inside out. It put me off the 3.2, so I went on to 993 and used used a ‘96 993Cs as a daily until 2009, when some bodywork was needed after a minor rear shunt. What was found lurking underneath wasn’t a pretty sight...
In my experience they were similar to the 3.2 in the way they corroded.
I'm not a 911 owner, but would like to share my thoughts. I bought a much cheaper car - a 2006 20k Toyota MR2 Roadster - last October, and wanted to future proof it against rust. Took it to Rustbusters,in Spalding, and they went over it with a fine tooth comb, prepping it and then spraying on their own in house modified formula waxoyl underneath, up into all the nooks and crannies and inside tubes. £504 inc Vat, and I'm very happy with the job they did. It's going back once a year, every year, for an inspection and top up if/where necessary for the sum of £50.
I can fully understand owners of classic 911s not wanting to have a load of gloop sprayed all over the underneath, as the mere sight of it reduces the resale value of what has become a hugely expensive classic. Plus, there's the old argument of what it might be hiding.
But, seriously, for owners who've bought a keeper, it might be worth doing. It can always be cleaned off later using solvents when it's time to resell. Maybe it's a bit late for cars that have already gone badly, but certainly for owners of 993s and lower mileage 964s, I would've thought it would be well worth it. As well as Rustbusters (who I chose after careful research into their practices) there are a number of alternative companies, but I'd avoid any of the much cheaper contractors as they won't go to anywhere near the same trouble.
I can fully understand owners of classic 911s not wanting to have a load of gloop sprayed all over the underneath, as the mere sight of it reduces the resale value of what has become a hugely expensive classic. Plus, there's the old argument of what it might be hiding.
But, seriously, for owners who've bought a keeper, it might be worth doing. It can always be cleaned off later using solvents when it's time to resell. Maybe it's a bit late for cars that have already gone badly, but certainly for owners of 993s and lower mileage 964s, I would've thought it would be well worth it. As well as Rustbusters (who I chose after careful research into their practices) there are a number of alternative companies, but I'd avoid any of the much cheaper contractors as they won't go to anywhere near the same trouble.
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