Strange place to rust!

1. geoffgti88 Regular Poster Joined: May 2010 Shitty Redditch! Posts: 445 MK1 VTR Silver, 205 GTI track car, 306 S16

   #1 11th October 2011, 23:44

   Look at were my car has rusted, around the rear seatbelt mount at the highest part of the arch!
   
   These things seem to rust more than 80' Austins! Lol
2. user_51379 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2011 plymouth Posts: 2921 mk2 VTS

   #2 11th October 2011, 23:45

   your rear qaurter window seal must be fucked
3. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

   #3 11th October 2011, 23:46

   Yikes....thats a bad one.
4. geoffgti88 Regular Poster Joined: May 2010 Shitty Redditch! Posts: 445 MK1 VTR Silver, 205 GTI track car, 306 S16

   #4 12th October 2011, 16:50

   Yea the outside of the car is perfect, it's a bit of a bummer
5. shell-vt Established Member Joined: Aug 2010 durham Posts: 1160 Jetta sport TDI. Saxo vts

   #5 12th October 2011, 16:58

   pretty common..
6. Ben_SaxoForte Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project

   #6 12th October 2011, 17:01

   wen't in the same place on my old 1.1 but that was a total rust bucket!
7. DanTvts Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Torbay Posts: 1285 Mauritius Vts, 206 Gti 180

   #7 12th October 2011, 17:34

   Ive seen this a couple times, seems as though people dont clean out there wheel arches properly over time and years of crap gets stuck up there, constantly damp etc. Not saying this is your reason but it looked that way on the other couple ive seen. Not got any rust anywhere else?
8. geoffgti88 Regular Poster Joined: May 2010 Shitty Redditch! Posts: 445 MK1 VTR Silver, 205 GTI track car, 306 S16

   #8 13th October 2011, 12:27

   Well The car came from Wałes so that probly explains it, years of sheep sh*t stuck there lol
   I personally always pressure wash underside and arches