W211 Estate rear arches top tip

[cj440]

Anyone with an estate & probably the saloons too, do yourselves a favour & jack them up, remove the rear wheels & wheel arch liners. The mud & crap build up behind them is unbelievable! I just did mine this morning, around a kilo of mud was removed. Its now all washed down, dried off & waxoyled. No wonder rust appears

CJ.

 

[Druk]

Good post. And while you're in there have a look at the brake lines. This is a common MOT fail area and to replace properly they go all the way back to the SBC brake pump.







A stitch in time?




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