Simple question has ur rs turbo got or suffered in the past the dreaded sunroof rot bubbles behind the sunroof , if so have any of u repaired it and how much did it cost and more importantly DID IT COME BACK?????

 

Have just had myne repaired, did itmyself so didnt cost anything though! I took where the rust bubbles were back to metal, drilled to get rid off rust, had to dimple roof for fibreglass to stick. The rubbed down, then filled and rubbed down. Then primered and rubbed... eveentually painted!lol
As for how long it will ast - quite a while hopefully!

 

My previous S2 did, quite badly! Check this out:





Your pretty much guarantee'd that if you have rust bubbles behind your sunroof, down the back will look like the above! In fact that one in the pics above didn't have much sign's of it going either! just show's you!

My current car is clean...I remember when I bought it, opening the sunroof right out, it was like new

 

Did you happen to remove the sunroof and look right down the back of the roof? It may look like the above!

 

You cannot repair it unless you get a brand new roof with no sun-roof aperture

fact!

 

I have it

 

My RST had it too,so I scrapped the shell and reshelled all the oily bits into a lovely 1.4L,which has no sunroof!!! Regards Micky

 

they all do

 

as above, they all do, its just some take longer to get started than others

 

yep,they all do rust,ive seen a few roof skin changes,lots of work,but worth it!

 

They don't all do it, Mine doesnt have ANY........filled it up with waxoil anyway

 

aye waxoil mixed with white spirit,or applyed with a long flag brush,will do.

 

mainly mercury grey ones suffer from it
grey rots quicker for some reason

 

james, u can sort it - problem is that ford never painted in there!

 

Black one's rust the quickest and are very popular in the gay community..

 

Spot on. Condensation in this area does it, and rain and water going down in there. Fords left the panel bare in here.

 

if this is a gen qoute,then i know why!

all the original painted cars would rust quicker,the reason is ,at the time of spraying,the suspension medium within the paint mix was thinner and polymer free,(not like modern paints),
therefore,metalics,rusted quicker because of natural electro-corosion ,where the metal particles that create the metallic effect would oppose each other causing corrosion,within the surface metal it was adhered to,
in the 70s when everyone bought silver motors,they all rusted in weeks.,cause of the shitey paint mix,then they stopped buying silver cars,hence the new phase of silverman ship,now their much better,

but fuck,
lately every ones got a silver car,im sick of silver,(mercury grey is ok) its just bloody silver, next time your out ,count the silver cars on the road.

mental!

 

yer mines doing it 2 ,been to body shop n a mate whos been there years says it would be ok to rub it rite down n solder the roof n repaint he says thats best way.seen them do it on american hotrod on them old tubs

 

had 2 and both suffered from the tin worm

 

touchy touchy mercury grey minter

 

just took all mine apart and had a look. but seems im lucky mines ok .but god nose how to get that sun roof right out looks like there screws right at the back on the runners that hold them in.

 

I know,what a bitch

 

 

my old mercury grey S2 went at the back of the sunroof . dont think you can really do anything but change the roof for a long term repair . i didnt fancy that so i scrapped it . wonder if its a mk4 fault as i cant remember seeing many mk3s rotting there just everywhere else

 

So why is it the mk4 and not mk3????????

 

They both Rot in the same places.

 

how much to change roof to a non sunroof version then

 

how much have people paid 2 repair theres? btw mines diamond white

 

waxoil it,its not seen and it prevents further corrosion and halts the stuff youve got

 

my m8.s one went at the boot hinge.. so we cut out the rot an repaired it.. his sunroof aint that bad...


around the sunroof has been primed cos the old sunroof was siliconed in as it tended to suck out at speed... an we scratched the paint getting the bloody stuff off

 

I just filled it it with waxoil and filled the edges with sealant and dont use the sunroof!!! ill stop that bloody water coming in....