Rust advice please.
Discussion
Hi folks,
I'm new around these parts, so apologies if I've posted this in the wrong place. I've had a search around, but couldn't find anything that looked close enough to my issue.
We just bought this Honda FRV for my wife and it has some rust that we would like to sort out. I'll put my hands up to this and say that I missed this when we bought the car. We've spent 5 weekends in the car with a 3 year old, an 18 month old and my wife, who is due to have number 3 any day now, so stress levels were at an all time high. Ironically, I looked at one earlier in the day that had rust on the arches and walked away. That was the first thing I checked on this one. Checked sills on driver side and didn't even think about checking all of them as the car is in mint condition otherwise. Kids were going crazy after a day in the car - possibly a harsh lesson learned for me! This issue is on the nearside rear door.
Should I be worried about this in terms of MOTs etc? The next MOT is June. The rust looks quite significant, although everything the area still appears solid and intact, despite the rust.
Does anyone have any advice on how to go about treating/repairing it? I've watched a few vids on youtube and I've considered a DIY job, although I would pay to have it done professionally if the cost was reasonable. Any ideas of the cost to fix this?
I'm new around these parts, so apologies if I've posted this in the wrong place. I've had a search around, but couldn't find anything that looked close enough to my issue.
We just bought this Honda FRV for my wife and it has some rust that we would like to sort out. I'll put my hands up to this and say that I missed this when we bought the car. We've spent 5 weekends in the car with a 3 year old, an 18 month old and my wife, who is due to have number 3 any day now, so stress levels were at an all time high. Ironically, I looked at one earlier in the day that had rust on the arches and walked away. That was the first thing I checked on this one. Checked sills on driver side and didn't even think about checking all of them as the car is in mint condition otherwise. Kids were going crazy after a day in the car - possibly a harsh lesson learned for me! This issue is on the nearside rear door.
Should I be worried about this in terms of MOTs etc? The next MOT is June. The rust looks quite significant, although everything the area still appears solid and intact, despite the rust.
Does anyone have any advice on how to go about treating/repairing it? I've watched a few vids on youtube and I've considered a DIY job, although I would pay to have it done professionally if the cost was reasonable. Any ideas of the cost to fix this?
to me it looks like a water trap, that is cause he rust which is good as it is top to bottom not bottom to top which would be harder. a body shop could fix it for a few hundred as long as not structural but tbh it is something you could do, just grind it off treat and repaint as long as it isn't too deep. You need to check underneath though.
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