is the sunroof well a weak spot for rust on the mk 4s? i got a few bubbles coming up on the roof and its proper annoying!! guna waxoil it to try and slow it down. shame coz the rest of the ol gals mint

 

Oh dear. Welcome to my world. Sorry to piss on your chips fella, you'll not slow it down much.

Mine started out as literally ONE rust bubble, I tried to clean it up and it fell through leaving me with a hole in my roof. From there it was severely downhill. See my resto thread (latter pages) for details of what happened and how I fixed it!!

 

Yes very common for the roof to rust behind the rear of the sunroof,and right at the back by the tailgate

 

Damm beaten by Mr C

 

https://passionford.com/forum/restor...305bhp-21.html

 

dam it. il ave to put her in the bodyshop over the winter ready for nxt year. they just poped up out of no where. cheers peeps

 

i bet itll be a lot worse under the surface.

 

thats wot im worried bout. mite try and get a doner roof

 

good luck finding a good one!

 

Once it starts it can't be stopped I'm afraid. So so so glad mine was wazoyled all inside from new.

 

i wouldnt buy an rs turbo now even with one bubble on the roof after seeing what christians turned out to be underneath.if i were you id be taking headlining off for a look.

 

the old bmws are known for that also. i stripped mine back the other week to see how solid mine was. i found i had a good one and it was shiny as new. pity i broke it up and scrapped it

 

il strip her back for a look nxt wkend. headlinings are poo to take back on them, ha ha. the rest of the cars mint so guna b worth spending a few quid on

 

I think the user Jacko had a mint roof for mk4 might be worth pming him

 

have a look at a post called rusty roof in this room about page 3/4
mark2

 

My RST is fairly solid, this roof rot is quite isolated, but its enough to finish an RST off in my opinion.

Jacko is a good bet to sort it if you need someone, but it's not for the faint-hearted.

Don't be under ANY illusion, your roof WILL look like mine did on the inside, if not worse.

 

if the roof has bubles on the outside it is fucked on the inside

remember they rust from inside out

 

Amen to that motherfucker. Wise words Jacko.

It sucks, but rusty-roof syndrome is just one of a whole list of RST pain-in-the-fucking-ass traits.

 

Put it this way, if you go for a drive in an ERST and do not get a rust shower (especially when the sunroof is on vent or open), something is definately wrong! Or should I say right

I think amongst other reasons the biggest bit of blame is down to the fact the drain holes get blocked so the roof area can remain damp and never really dry.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/mk3-escort-rs-...d=p3286.c0.m14

 

'rite pain in the arse!
mines gone by the tail-gate hinges too
was gonna carbon roof it??
c&b's repair looks real tidy! saw it at ford fair, nice one!!

 

I had 2 bubbles on my roof,went to a few bodyshops who said they could sand down and repaint without having a look inside roof,eveyone of them said the rust would be back in a matter of months,in the end i went to a restoration company who lead filled and waxoiled it,that was 18 months ago and no rust has appeared so far.It will come back in time,would any company remake new skins as there is a need for them, surley they would sell?

 

your best bet is to have another roof accid dipped and then fitted to your car with proper treatment it will be like new again and your best bet

 

Dont weaken the shell by cutting the roof off just get it to a decent bodyshop and get them to cut all the rot out and weld in new metal

 

it will still come back if you do it properly it will be exactly the same as it was new ie spot welded and brazed corners

 

my s1 roof is spotless.is it a hard just removing headlining for a look just to be sure.

 

s1 will more than likeley be fine

 

cheers jacko.i can see in round about the sunroof looks spot on also.

 

cheers gentlemen, il look into it

 

I know this is an old thread but why do s2 rot more than s1 ???