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| dullbird Member Since: 25 Aug 2007 Location: sydney Posts: 87   
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Ian was just upgrading our dual battery system in the defender and he said he has found small amount of rust on the firewall...thats not good especially here in oz.
in the uk things rust a hell of a lot quicker YOU KNOW REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS!!!! |
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27th Apr 2010 10:50am |
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| fekete Member Since: 24 Dec 2008 Location: Here on the other end of the computer Posts: 3626  
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Mines in today for rust all over the bulkhead and floors ? Ill let you all know how i get on
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27th Apr 2010 11:18am |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586 
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WOw... good luck, I hope they sort it.
Here is a pic of the underside of mine. Some of it is mud/muck (just from paved roads), but some of it is rust. I don't know if it is surface rust or what. Even my rear step is rusting - where it rubs against the hinge. Click image to enlarge Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated |
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27th Apr 2010 11:39am |
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| jlerra Member Since: 10 Jul 2009 Location: Gibraltar/London Posts: 149  
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Well, it goes to show that a good rust proofing like 'Before & After' or waxoyl is worth doing when new - lessons learned!
'El pepe Flamenco' JLS 'El Pepe Flamenco' |
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27th Apr 2010 12:01pm |
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| TallPaul Member Since: 28 Aug 2007 Location: Nr Reading Posts: 270
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I think eutek has right to expect that a 2009 car will not be rusting in 2010 to be honest! Disco 3 gone but the memory of the bills remain...
XS 110 Utility maybe one day..... (did they fix the quality yet?) |
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27th Apr 2010 12:09pm |
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| jlerra Member Since: 10 Jul 2009 Location: Gibraltar/London Posts: 149
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That's a Defender 4 u!!
Mine is a 2007 - and as clean as a whistle underneath and above even in a 'salty area' where I live ('Before and After' treated when new). For all those of little faith in the product. El pepe flamenco JLS 'El Pepe Flamenco' |
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27th Apr 2010 12:16pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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I've not waxoyled the Defender yet... we've got a big move coming up in which I'll be transporting our parrots, and the fumes from the Waxoyl would kill them.
Hopefully the 110 will last I can get it Waxoyled in the next two months, and not disintegrate into a pile of fine red dust in the driveway in the meantime. 
When we moved back to the UK, we took the missus' car with us, and it was Waxoyled straight away. |
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27th Apr 2010 1:04pm |
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| bob neville Member Since: 30 Apr 2009 Location: Marbella Posts: 3247  
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Yeovil LR did an excellent job of sorting the rust behind the dash when they replaced the foam seal below the windscreen and, so far, no more puddles in the passenger footwell 
Just the paint flaking off the gutters and front lower grill plus the splitting roof seams left to get sorted sometime
Bob |
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27th Apr 2010 1:47pm |
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| mrwoo Member Since: 03 Jan 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 280 
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I drove mine brand new from the dealers to a place to be waxoyled, in my book one of the most important jobs that needs doing to preserve a defender. This doesn't excuse Land Rover from not doing it in the first place?
Sometimes I hate loving Land Rover  |
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27th Apr 2010 2:40pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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Arghhh... I should've done it as soon as I got the car, it was back in November before the snow and salt started.
In my naivete, I actually believed the salesman when he told me that the newer Puma-engined Defenders have an anti-rust proofing treatment, a lá Waxoyl. A few days later, after some additional research here on the forum, taught me otherwise. |
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27th Apr 2010 2:45pm |
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| TallPaul Member Since: 28 Aug 2007 Location: Nr Reading Posts: 270
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Its usually best to correct the sales guy based on the facts from the internet
Disco 3 gone but the memory of the bills remain...
XS 110 Utility maybe one day..... (did they fix the quality yet?) |
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27th Apr 2010 3:02pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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I get your point...
Dodgy salesperson or "I read it somewhere on the Internet"... a rock and a hard place. |
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27th Apr 2010 3:06pm |
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| Forest of Dean 90 Member Since: 29 Apr 2009 Location: Forest of Dean Posts: 68 
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I went around the Battery Box with silicon as I could see daylight around the seams...
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27th Apr 2010 3:09pm |
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| ralton Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Durban Posts: 153  
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what about the body?, i thought they were aluminium? - mine has a few stone chips just below the windscreen which are rusting!
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27th Apr 2010 4:53pm |
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