cartsjohn

I have a jan 08 plate focus st, and on the rear arch there is a bit where the paint seems to have come away, there's no rust there (yet) what's the best way to bodge this for acouple of months withouth making the car look tatty? The spot is fairly small about a 5 pence peice

RichieST

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The best way to bodge it?

Get it right first time IMO.

JamboRS

Get it sorted. If water gets behind it it will rust from inside and will cost in long run to fix. Wont be much to get a painter to fix it

J98 FYA

Come on you know hes trying to sell it so doesnt want to spend money on it lol

cartsjohn

Na this is where your wrong, I had it serviced yesterday and there was some oil near one of the spark plugs, the guy said the rocker cover was leaking, and it's just done 50,000 miles so I was going to get the cam belt done anyway so il it's booked in for that at the end of the month... The paints not great on the front wheels so I'm going to get them done the month after, thought I'd get the paint sorted then, hense the bodge it for acouple of months to stop it A) getting worse.... B) rust coming up

SLEEMAN

what about smart repairers? they maybe to sort it out for a decent price

Retro Al

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Be carefull theres a lot of shite smart repairers about

botters

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ive seen what smart repairers do having worked in dealerships and i can tell you now there is nothing smart about it you would be better off putting a blob of tar on with a 4 inch brush

cabriolet

if yr gonna get it fixed soon put a blob of grease or vaseline over it just looks like a dirty mark once its dirty /wont rust thru grease

saph4be

This is so true I gave seen many smart repair folk and yet to meet a good one!

Eigdoog

I always got told to paint it in any colour just to stop water getting in, even if you use clear lacquer that will stop it.

I did this on my old focus and it kept it from rusting.

But yeah if you can get it done right from the start thats the best way.

Ginge !

you need to seal it, cars now are painted in water based paint so the laquer seals the paint or it washes away over time,,,, even superglue is a better option than leaving it

Ginge !

or tipex

Mark 3D

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couldnt you just use a touch up pen?