Anyone else had RUST! - Page 4

Gman2 · 9th May 2009, 21:49

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Originally Posted by Zeb

Your problem emanates from under the number plate...have you got screws holding it in place by any chance? I wouldn't be taking it to Halfords for advice either...

So will under the plate be all rusty? Both my plates have been screwed on but recently replaced with stickies - is this a problem waiting to happen!

Phil · 9th May 2009, 22:02

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Originally Posted by Gman2

So will under the plate be all rusty? Both my plates have been screwed on but recently replaced with stickies - is this a problem waiting to happen!

If it were me, I would pull the plate off and have a look, any rust there I'd have thought would be minimal, If any, I would drill out the hole where the old self tapper was so all rust has gone, use a touch up stick to paint the bare metal and then fill the hole with mastic type stuff once the touch up has dried.

Tim_Burgess · 10th May 2009, 02:39

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Originally Posted by Gman2

So will under the plate be all rusty? Both my plates have been screwed on but recently replaced with stickies - is this a problem waiting to happen!

Rear plate on my Y-reg is held on with screws & sticky pads. I replaced the orginal screwed - on rectangular plate with a smiley one when I bought the car, cleaned up behind the plate and screwed on. No signs of rust then or now and mine has lived outside for most of its life.

Anyway, the rust would have to travel a helluva distance to appear at the bottom of the plate from "normal" screw positions. Isn't it more likely that the culprit is rust travelling up from the fixing for the chrome trim? If so, that shouldn't be too difficult to sort out, but I don't know if I'd let Halfords do it.

apywell · 10th May 2009, 07:12

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Originally Posted by karl_683

Found a pic of the area, as i said quality is not good! Didn't take the door card out to replace the seal, got it back in ok but shall be liberal with rust protection in future.

Thanks for this pic. I need to check mine for any signs of rust.

Jules · 13th May 2009, 09:40

Wonder if Jamie has had his car from new as there's always the scenario that the boot has been refinished at some point & the convex area under the number plate might have been rubbed down to bare metal.

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