Do FD\'s Rust?

[Brett]

Just curious

 Does anyone have an FD showing signs of rust?  Some of them are over 13 years old now, so if they are going to rust it will be starting to show.

:wave

[iaint]

Got a tiny dot on the edge of driver\'s door and a spot on the arch where it\'s pulled a bit.  None underneath from what I can see...

[Steve Burnett]

A dull patch on the drivers door at the bottom that im sure in a few years will show rust. Hopefully it will be resprayed before then though.

[Brett]

Seems they like rusting on the doors more than the FC\'s then.  I take it you\'ve all taken Waxoyl based precautions then?

[MillSpeed]

Not a spec of rust on mine anywhere.

[JapanSpirit]

Not a spec of rust on mine too (1993)

[Brett]

Are your cars UK ones or Imports though?

[20B_boy]

Imports I imagine - seen some pretty mouldy UK cars at the workshop!

[gmogle]

Mines an import too 1993. Not a single drop on the car anywhere.

It gave my mate heartfailure when he checked his 1991 R32 Skyline under the rear spats and found some the size of a 20 pence piece  :rollin

Seriously though, when underneath I checked in the usual places and found nothing.
A 1993 Fiesta or Escort will be horrendous !!

Gareth

[Sy.]

got a dot of dust happening on the roof !!!! ...

[Brett]

If you want to cheer yourself up Sy, check out the FC related rust stories! Right now we have a TII in the 2nd gen, minus its floor!

 So how mouldy were the UK ones then?

[Grizzly]

It seem there is not much rain in the land of the rising sun so i guess they did\'nt think wax oil was realy needed!

I can second the Uk spec\'s cars i\'ve seen are all showing signs. My pal has a 94 Uk that is going round the rear Arches,Sill seam\'s and sun roof hole (roof skin). As the Uk cars had better weather protection and have a few years up on the Jap Imports It does make you wounder what some of the imports will look like in five years? (If not looked after)

[RobbieRX-7]

imports are far better condition than uk spec cars,i presume most people know this??we have more rain than any1 else in the world...plus salty roads! It would pay big time if any1 bought an import to underseal the chassis and inside the doors,,just done mine and i cant find rust anywhere..not even the bolts holding the front bumper on.  ive read brouchers about the fd rx7 and they boast that they made the seat frames out of plastic to save weight,but its not true..ive seen a burnt out fd rx7 and they are steel..you would think mazda would have made the rx7 out of alu instead of galvanized steel if they were so concerned about the weight. surely alu would be better than galvanized steel??

[JapanSpirit]

Are your cars UK ones or Imports though?

Mine is a french car (1993).

[Brett]

SO, based on this knowledge, how many of you have waxoyled or protected in some other way, your FD\'s then?