nope im not asking im tellling

stripping a few bits from my rs yesterday and figured these pics would be handy if an 1 was looking to buy a erst but dont know what to look for (and scare a few of you who got to excited to look and may reget it come mot time )

behind the rear wash wipe bottle (early s2)
hmm, some1's been fitting half 1/4's (note the speedhole in the floor)



looked ok from the outside so not a real bad job i spose, could have been tidier on the inside tho



oops same the other side , this side arch of kit dint fit right tho, bein as it had a oversized arch welded in (note also the minter rear light panel)


tell tale arch fitting


times 2 (note teh plastic replacement inner arches ) mastique is a wonderfull thing


now it gets nasty, chassis rails as viewed from under the seat, if you lever a screwy in there the WHOLE inner arch and shock turret moves like its made of paper , BOTH SIDES


passenger side footwell ne1??
nah me neither, looks a little raw to me




how to tell if ur A pilar is filler and rust
this is a clue


and you have to love finding a disgustingly huge list of mot fails under the boot carpet (dated '02), who ever done the work must have been bonkers, i'd have strippied it in a second if confronted by that (mind you i am stripping it now, funnily enuff the mechanics are excellent, weird world huh )



let that be a lesson in spotting a rotter

none of the rot was aggrevated in the makin of these pics, it was all waiting to be seen (and used to bargain the price down when i bought the old shed last month)