You may know this, but worth a mention...

 

The rim on the edges of rear wheel arches can hold a lot of mud/dirt which dries hard. This can of course hold water next to body and cause rust. So regularly check wheel arches and scrape out dirt with hands.

Hehehe.

Yeah I know about this and I showed DaveW much to his shock of how much mud was up there.

 

Plus it will make you go faster becuase of less weight.

 

Stuart.

hmmmm...off to check me rear arches

But if you leave a build up of dry dirt around them then the salty water never actually gets to them and therefore protects them

So if you pack it with dry, waterproof dirt to start with then it shouldn't go rusty !

 

oh, of course that's called underseal ...

No you should have no mud under there.

If they are clean then the water will reach it then try off within 30mins of it not raining.

With mud there, the mud will get wet and will remain wet for days. And you cant say that the mud will stop the water from reaching the metal. Mud soaks up water. As soon as it dries, 10 mins drive in the rain and it will be soaking again.

 

Stuart

Originally posted by AndyP:

So if you pack it with dry, waterproof dirt to start with then it shouldn't go rusty !

 

oh, of course that's called underseal ...

 

LMFAO

Not Beavis and Butthead again surely ?!

 

Does this really help anyone ?

Another way to avoid rusty rear arches.....

 

Buy an import...Bwahahahahh

 

Sorry guys couldnt resist it, you know im joking

 

Paul

 

 

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