No Wheel Arch Rust Yet - Any Tips On Preventing?

[xCharlottex]

I've been lucky enough to purchase a Milly that has (touchwood) no rear arch wheel rust yet!!
I was wondering if anyone has any tricks/tips for keeping it at bay? It will be parked overnight in an underground garage (unlike my last Puma parked on the road) so hopefully that will help a bit...
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks!

 

[alexwilliams840]

take the carpet arch liners out and treat with a rust remover to bring back bare metal then use an anti rust primer and paint. That's what i've done on my Puma. I used black Hammerite and it looks pretty good

 

[quest63]

I hate to be negative but it could be you dont have any rust you can see yet, rather than you dont have any rust.

A good starting point would be to strip out the interior panels and get a good look at the arches from the inside as they often rust from the inside out.And remove the arch liners and have a good look from that side Then make an informed plan from there.

You might consider trimming the arch liners down by a smidge so that it isnt holding moisture next to the arch edge.

In fact it would be a good idea to survey the whole car for rust particularly around the axle mounting points which seem a popular MOT failure point. Theres lots of derusting threads for under the rear end on here.

Have fun :thumbs:

 

[YOG]

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[slayllian]

agree with guest. best treatment is to remove rear cards and use a good cavity wax like bilt hamber to try and hold off any rust. from inside of car is the only way to do it. coming from under the arches wont help much. but still worth grinding and treating as said. but if you have no visible rust just go straight on with a good wax sealer on the lip

 

[slayllian]

haha just noticed predictive text put guest! lol

 

[quest63]

guest ? sniff sob I thought I lived here :-D

 

[gingerdave]

Assuming its not been filled with pudding then this is the best cavity wax IMO http://www.rejel.com/rejel-store/categoryid/23/level/a/productid/11278.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; .best applied with a wand and compressor.It sticks to cavities like the proverbial and if you apply it under warm conditions will creep through a spot welded seam and does'nt drip.