I can vaguely remember from college about how rust forms, differering electrical properties of metals, add moisture etc etc...or something like that anyway. It was a long time age....
But does anyone know the root cause of why its always the rear wheelarches that rust so badly? Is it a water trap, bad sealing, or what?
Don't ships have a dirty great lump of zinc called a 'sacrificial anode' which corrodes first so the rest of the ship doesn't?
In which case, if I weld a chunk of Zinc to my Willy, will it stop my wheelarches from rusting?!!!
No, I didn't think so
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08-10-2009, 00:26 #1Forum User
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Why do the wheelarches always rust???
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one of the main reasons would be the rear wheels throwing water ,mud,salt etc off the road acting as an abrasive .
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mositure + salt on the roads + uk weather = the brown stuff.
i have found a cure.
it also makes your car worth x5 more!
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speaking of cures
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=133377
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is he retarded or something ? it took him almost a week to
Originally Posted by Allan
get rid of some poxy surface rust using posh "rust killer"
this takes me 5 minutes (including a cuppa ) using a knotted wire cup
on the good old angle grinder
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Gold plate? Originally Posted by fasterthanjesus
mositure + salt on the roads + uk weather = the brown stuff.
i have found a cure.
it also makes your car worth x5 more!
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That looks amazing, but rust is a cancer, once it starts there's no stopping it? Originally Posted by Allan
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Moving to OZ! Originally Posted by Wobba
Gold plate? Originally Posted by fasterthanjesus
mositure + salt on the roads + uk weather = the brown stuff.
i have found a cure.
it also makes your car worth x5 more!
Mat.
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08-10-2009, 19:19 #9Forum User
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bilt hamber make some of the best products on the market for rust treatment, still cant beat vutting out and rewelding new metal in but hey ho
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Always wanted to try the BH stuff but my car has so much fooking rust, lol Originally Posted by katbloke
I take it that it's better than Dinitrol?
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