rust

All, I'm ex pat Brit living in Texas and I have serious car hobby that usually results in me buying a number of parts cars that i use to fix my cars ,and then sell parts off to fund the hobby. The majority of cars that I buy are Mercedes Benz from the 70's and 80's like the W108/W109, W107...

Hello, I own a CLS 350 W219 2006. I appreciate the help so far from users, but there's something I need further help with. When polishing my car last weekend, noticed the inner wheel arches had slight bubbling. Not proper rust as of yet, but can imagine it worsening, especially with the...

There is evidence of rust on the leading edge of my rear wheel arches, so far only on the return lip and so i am going to have a go at repairing this myself. What is involved in removing the rear arch liners? I have all the necessary rust removal tools, some Kurust and top coat and lacquer plus...

Hi, I would like to ask where I can find the holes to spray wax or oil to prevent rust into the rocker of my Vito 111cdi? Thanks!

Shame it's a left hooker, but rare, and a car to marvel at. LINK.

My W221 is rusting on the inner rear wheel arches. I thought these cars were no longer rust buckets? Is this a production fault? There's no damage to those areas and it's only the rear inner arches

Hi Guys, Please can somebody advice me how can I sort by myself rusty doors on my B Class 2006 (Silver color) :dk:. I completely know that before I will paint or spray something I have to clean the doors, but I really would like to get advice what type of materials or liquids you would reccomend...

My 2005 C class is very rusty underneath, not as good as my 2002 VW Golf which is amazing. And today I noticed the wheel arches are starting to bubble! What do the Pros do to protect their ride? :D

Hello all, you may have seen my other post about new car (new to me) it needs some money spending on it one of my main gripes with the car is a faulty electric wing mirror the passenger wing mirror will not adjust electronically, interesting it will fold in electronically so it must...

Hi All, I've only had this car for around a month and done approx 300 miles in it. Its a great car, however I have recently changed jobs a few days after purchasing with my commute now being a 80 mile round journey as opposed to a 20 mile journey. I'm just looking at getting what I paid...

I've noticed small amounts of surface rust on the chassis members behind the rear wheel arches. Nothing serious but nonetheless it is rust. Should I attempt to sand down the rust and paint with Hammerite or just give the area a good clean and apply some protective wax? Access is pretty...

My A200 is a pre-facelift 169 coupe, so suffers from the known wobbly weld rust problem. Tried to get Mercedes to take care of that under their 30-yr rust warranty, but no luck, despite the full MBSH, and it's being on Service Care plan. So, what are my options - how to remedy this...

hi my 1990 230E saloon has failed the NCT ( MOT) for primary structure corrosion on both rear subframe mounts :(:(. I have attached a pic of the affected area ( not my car ) and was wondering if these brackets are available or repairable. thanks in advance brendan

As per title,about year ago both rear arches on the wife's 2003 slk we're showing signs of rust(inner lips bubbling/rusty areas)so I rubbed them down after removing all the mud/drying them out then applied a rust remedy that was recommended on here(can't remember the name)before painting them...

Hi new member with rusty vito here - Im probably in good company then...

Hi guys! I have a C Class Coupe W204 2012 (62 Plate) which has done 17500 miles. I have notice that the wheel nuts have corroded and have gone a horrible colour. I called my local Mercesed dealership in Birkdale about this and my car is out of warranty by a month, typical! They said just for...

I have had a discussion on another forum including rust on our motors....luckily i do not have any sense of rust on the body but just ever so slightly on the front subframe welds viewed from the top of the engine. 06 model so 9yrs old! As this is my first Merc. if i knew more about the later...

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Evening All I have recently considered getting round to getting some minor cosmetic work done on my E320 coupe. In typical W124 fashion the front wings have slight bubbling on the leading edge a little rust blister above nearside door cladding. The car is finished in Azurite blue. The car...

Breaking rust free facelift W210, anyone need anything?