I'm hoping it won't be too long now till I'm able to buy my first Zed. I've been looking around at ones forsale on the net and was wondering about the whole issue of rust. Is rust generally repairable (I mean properly, so it's as good as new, won't come back in 6 months)? If so what sort of cost is normally involved? Is it feasible to buy a car with some rust and factor in the cost of getting it sorted, or are they generally doomed once it starts to appear?

 

Any advice would be greatfully appreciated

 

Phill

I'm hoping it won't be too long now till I'm able to buy my first Zed. I've been looking around at ones forsale on the net and was wondering about the whole issue of rust. Is rust generally repairable (I mean properly, so it's as good as new, won't come back in 6 months)? If so what sort of cost is normally involved? Is it feasible to buy a car with some rust and factor in the cost of getting it sorted, or are they generally doomed once it starts to appear?

 

Any advice would be greatfully appreciated

 

Phill

 

To get rid of rust properly, it needs cutting out and new metal welding in!

 

My advice don't buy a rusty one! There are plenty of zeds without rust, just take the easy option and pick one of them!

 

HTH :)

i would suggest buying mine. Without rust :D

i would agree with itchycrotchet,

i would suggest buying mine. Without rust :D

 

Thanks crotchrocket, I do like your car a lot, but unfortunately it's above my price range at the moment, and also I've got my heart set on a manual (and if at all possible a black one).

Thanks crotchrocket, I do like your car a lot, but unfortunately it's above my price range at the moment, and also I've got my heart set on a manual (and if at all possible a black one).

 

black manual :hyper:just say non turbo swb and welcome to the club brother LMAO!!

rust can be a pian in the ass unless you can sort it yourself, ive cut lots of rust and good metal from mine to make it road worthy

 

you need to elaborate on where the rust is and what you intend on getting, a little surface rust on the outer rear sills (like mine had) can result i three days work cutting grinding, welding and putting out fires in ya cockpit lol

Sorry Hellraiser, I don't think I'll be able to be be part of the family, got to be 2+2 I'm afraid, far more elegant.

rust can be a pian in the ass unless you can sort it yourself, ive cut lots of rust and good metal from mine to make it road worthy

 

you need to elaborate on where the rust is and what you intend on getting, a little surface rust on the outer rear sills (like mine had) can result i three days work cutting grinding, welding and putting out fires in ya cockpit lol

 

Cheers Stella,

I guess I'm thinking mainly of the ones with bubbling rear aches as that's one of the obvious ones, but I don't know where else they are prone.

rear sills, folow the lines of the rear arch down to the fornt of the car, really poke the bottom of the sill, can feel soid on just tapping, but give irt a good poke

 

ignore the dinted rear wing, but look at the unpainted sills, thats where the targa drain pipe comes down and it fooks ya sills if the pipe comes loose inside

 

actually if you look close you can see the pipe that drains the targas just hanging down, that comes loose and drains into your sills from the inside and you can guess the rest lol

so if a car is rusty around there (and/or the wheel arches) can it be repaired properly, or only touched up? and do you have any idea how much a body shop would charge?

if a spot of rust has lots of paint on it then basicaally its rusting from inside out, it can be done by body shops but can get quite expensive, also check for rust round the spoiler area

sorry, rules are rules

Edited September 6, 200817 yr by stellaZ

To get rid of rust properly, it needs cutting out and new metal welding in!

 

My advice don't buy a rusty one! There are plenty of zeds without rust, just take the easy option and pick one of them!

 

HTH :)

 

Just what he said.

You will spend hundreds of pounds fixing rusty one. There are plenty for sale without rust, mainly recently imported ones.

Lots of early UK cars are now being scrapped cos they are beyond economic repair.

There are so many Z32s without rust, why bother even looking at ones with rust.

While we're on the subject, is it worth cutting off the sill/panels that are prone to rust from the car I'm scrapping? Mine's a UK car and there are no signs of rust on the sills at present but I'm thinking hopefully long term.

 

Vijay

There are so many Z32s without rust, why bother even looking at ones with rust.

 

I guess I'm also thinking that one may not have any visible rust when I buy it, but what if it's just waiting to show itself, how big a deal that would be.

I guess I'm also thinking that one may not have any visible rust when I buy it, but what if it's just waiting to show itself, how big a deal that would be.

 

To fix rust properly is exactly what i said in my first post. The rust HAS to be cut out and new metal welded it. Anything short of this is only a short term sollution. Rust is a big job!

 

My advice buy a fairly fresh import and spend the time undersealing it.

 

HTH :)

Just have a good look round it. If you have a good rummage around underneath and it all looks clean, providing you keep it up together and waxoil it, it should be fine. Mine looks like a car that's only a few years old underneath. Everything comes apart nice and easily. No, rust, flaking underseal. All my brake pipes look new.

 

I don't drive mine in the wet or in winter, so I can't imagine it'll look any different in 5 years time.

 

If you pull out as much trim from the inside as possible and look down inside the inner flitches, arches and hatch area and there's no sign of rust, as well as a good underside, you should be fine. I've had all my interior out when I did the re-trim and had a good rummage round and didn't find even a hint of any corrosion, nor did I when I took many of the bodypanels off a few years ago when the car was repainted.

Thanks for all the advice chaps, will bear it all in mind when I start seeing some cars.