Hi guys, just been and viewed another 300, I have fairly good knowledge of the cars, the turrets, floor and boot look to be solid. There is quite a bad patch of rust above the windscreen, how difficult can this be to repair? I presume the windscreen would have to come out?

The car has sideskirts and from what I can see the rear sills seem OK, however there is some bubbling at the front of the sills inside where the door shuts. Sort of on the top of the sill and below the hinges. Is this common, I haven't heard of it rusting here. At the back, yes, but not the front.

I know it's not a lot of information, but I don't have any more, any help would be appreciated, even if it's vague. Thanks

Windscreens are a pain as you need to salvage the top strip (Although you can still get new from US, and I believe someone once mentioned that BMW 5 series are a good fit). My Zed has a small rust patch on the roof at the screen edge. I'm not looking forward to doing it.

Funki Si will be best person to comment as his screen had been changed a few times.

 

Skirts hide so many problems. Look at Tomfromthenorth. He was so convinced his car was solid he took it to 2 different MOT stations thinking they were having him on about corrosion. Turns out the sills were well and truly ****ed.

 

Corrosion near the door hinges would suggest the door seals are fecked and allowing water in on the leading edge and pooling at the bottom.

Any tips on the best place to check the sills with skirts fitted. I know you can look down inside the rear quarter panel. How would the mot guys know, from underneath?

Yeah they would just do a visual inspection from the exterior. The sills tend to rot from the inside out though.

The windscreen upper moulding is still available and relatively inexpensive from MJP.

I have just gone to a winscreen place and they just fill the gap with black silicon side to side at the top before putting on the side strips.no one has ever noticed.and it looks neat.and for twenty quid.its a winner.eveytime.

The reason I asked the original question was because I had found a jap lwb tt for sale at an auction. I went to view it on Friday and bearing in mind the auctioneers wrote no description in the brochure, when I checked the paperwork, I was amazed. Imported in 2001, then a xenon bodykit and pearlescent purple respray (not really my thing, but not bad when in front of you). Then a couple of years later a fully forged rebuilt with pretty much all parts imported from stillen, including 500 turbos, then a custom leather and suede interior still in good condition. It did have someone body issues as per the initial post, but other than that I try looked like it just needed a clean and a service. Now unfortunately for me, you cannot postpone an auction. So when the time came I limited myself to £2200, the car sold for £2300!! Gutted, I have been kicking myself since, even the missus was saying I should have bid higher. Never mind, I have a Jap tt lwb with fairly major body issues,that I planned on repairing, but the more I look the more rust I find. So keeping an eye out for something to build a good car out of what I can from mine.

Still gutted. :(