TD5 Braemar - RUST

My friend poped over today with his 51 plate Discovery Breamar and on close inspection I noticed that the bottom of the rear quarter panel is flapping about at the bottom. The lower section of the inner wheel arch liner is rotten! I my mind this is still a relitivly newish car, surface rust to me is acceptable but to be rotten right through; it is a worry. He has had this car from new £32k and has never had it off road. Has any one else suffered this on a simalar car?

I think thats exceptional. I had plenty of time to discuss with guys at Rustmaster when i was there and they say the MK2s are a bit better than the MK1's but that rust holes on the rear chassis is not unheard of. No mention of an example that bad. Mind you we've had 3 years of heavy salt on the road and Braemar must have a very salty climate I guess...

We sure have had plenty of salt on our roads up here but strange thing is the nearside is perfect. I would have said the corrosion was down to a previous owners poor body repair but he has had it from new and hasn't even put a scratch on it, I don't fancy getting the welder out to such a nice looking car, oh well.

marti 300tdi said:

We sure have had plenty of salt on our roads up here but strange thing is the nearside is perfect. I would have said the corrosion was down to a previous owners poor body repair but he has had it from new and hasn't even put a scratch on it, I don't fancy getting the welder out to such a nice looking car, oh well.

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It could have been damaged and repaired at the factory or at a dealers - it wouldnt be sold as that tho....

That's not good for a 51 plate, my x plate has surface rust well i did have. Tis now waxoiled and all inner wings wax oiled. But if the disco has not had any protection that's 10 years of salt attacking it

51 plate makes the registration from second half of 2001 so not newish but 9 years old may be, rust doesn't happen over night so the problem must have been left un-attended to be "rotten right through".

M6SJG said:

I think thats exceptional. I had plenty of time to discuss with guys at Rustmaster when i was there and they say the MK2s are a bit better than the MK1's but that rust holes on the rear chassis is not unheard of. No mention of an example that bad. Mind you we've had 3 years of heavy salt on the road and Braemar must have a very salty climate I guess...

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The D2 is not in the same league as the D1 with regards body rust !.

As has been said, probably due to a poor repair in thr past, or perhaps one of the sealing robots at the factory ran out of sealer on that panel and the dozy operator didnt see it !

That level of corrosion is not normal on the D2.


Del.

disco2shaun said:

That's not good for a 51 plate, my x plate has surface rust well i did have. Tis now waxoiled and all inner wings wax oiled. But if the disco has not had any protection that's 10 years of salt attacking it

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Shaun...did u end up doin Waxoil yourself ??

meego said:

Shaun...did u end up doin Waxoil yourself ??

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Yeah, what a messy job it went everywhere. Was more on me than on landy, main areas I did was inner wings, was a nightmare doing chassis but got most of it covered, better than none I guess

The first owner could have used it to launch his boat.

He's had it from new!!!!!!!!!! There was no other owner!!!!!!!!!!

njh2 said:

The first owner could have used it to launch his boat.

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How do you know he had a boat?

disco2shaun said:

Yeah, what a messy job it went everywhere. Was more on me than on landy, main areas I did was inner wings, was a nightmare doing chassis but got most of it covered, better than none I guess

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First time i done mine i was covered. Done it again a couple months back and got hardly a drop on me. Must be learnin in ma old age.