Where are Monaro made?
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Having waxed my car the other car, not had it long, my brother said 'you'll need to keep it waxed to stop the dreaded Vauxhall red paint fade'. This got my wondering as to where the big friendly Ozzy (mine is fully badged as a Holden) was built? If they were built in Oz, you would assume they use paint which isn't going to fade in the sunshine.....
Anyway, can anyone throw any light on the topic for me?
Anyway, can anyone throw any light on the topic for me?
il-mostro said:
Having waxed my car the other car, not had it long, my brother said 'you'll need to keep it waxed to stop the dreaded Vauxhall red paint fade'. This got my wondering as to where the big friendly Ozzy (mine is fully badged as a Holden) was built? If they were built in Oz, you would assume they use paint which isn't going to fade in the sunshine.....
Anyway, can anyone throw any light on the topic for me?
Anyway, can anyone throw any light on the topic for me?
They're made at the Holden plant in Elizabeth near Adelaide. Tell your brother that the only thing made by Vauxhall on the cars were the badges. Although you dont have that problem now
il-mostro said:
SimonV8ster said:
Its the lack of rust prevention/seal you got to worry about !!
Is rust an issue on these cars???
Where are the places that go first? What should i look out for?
Cars have 7 year rust guarantee - none here are that old yet. The only mentions of any rust I have heard of are underneath as a result of the lack of 'UK strength' undersealing and corrosive anti ice products used on UK roads - not a problem where the cars come from.
stu harris said:
All Monaros were treated to the same proofing treatment as the Canadian bound product from Port Elisabeth , so its effectively got the same treatment as any european car. Cars brought in prior to this were not and are prone to some areas of rust.
Stu
Interesting. Thats not quite what we have been lead to believe Stu
I assume you mean things like the Holden GTS's, etc, by 'earlier' - heard they can get rusty if not looked after.
SimonV8ster said:
stu harris said:
All Monaros were treated to the same proofing treatment as the Canadian bound product from Port Elisabeth , so its effectively got the same treatment as any european car. Cars brought in prior to this were not and are prone to some areas of rust.
Stu
Interesting. Thats not quite what we have been lead to believe Stu
I assume you mean things like the Holden GTS's, etc, by 'earlier' - heard they can get rusty if not looked after.
Any Holden brought in prior to this (mainly by Rod I think)had regular 'local' treatment . Which was mostly thick paint and some wax.
Stu
SimonV8ster said:
stu harris said:
All Monaros were treated to the same proofing treatment as the Canadian bound product from Port Elisabeth , so its effectively got the same treatment as any european car. Cars brought in prior to this were not and are prone to some areas of rust.
Stu
Interesting. Thats not quite what we have been lead to believe Stu
I assume you mean things like the Holden GTS's, etc, by 'earlier' - heard they can get rusty if not looked after.[/quote
Edited by rocklandboy on Thursday 27th August 12:30
Not that i am disagreeing with Stu (which im not for 1 minute and hope he is right about the rust protection) but here is another typical example of stories surrounding the Ro's... There seem to be a lot who think they know something different to somebody else, what do we believe??? 
The thread about rust protection has been covered before and the majority said the Ro should be re-under sealed as the original protection is S
T... If they don’t need doing then somebody is making big Dollar for FK all!!!
The thread about rust protection has been covered before and the majority said the Ro should be re-under sealed as the original protection is ST... If they don’t need doing then somebody is making big Dollar for FK all!!!Edited by rocklandboy on Thursday 27th August 12:30
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