Lude Generation

http://www.rust.co.uk/we-can-rust-proof ... 250/c32734

Thinking of using this company to 'rust proof' the car.
Has anyone used this or another rust proofing company?
Worth it?

I have used their epoxy mastic 121, and it is an excellent product. I think they are well regarded as a company, though I have not used their services.

3125 and 4921 are dinitrol products and they are excellent.

I think their treatment process is well regarded in classic car mags.

If you do it, let us all know how it goes and take loads of pics!!!

Cheers Iain,
I'll get in touch with them and arrange a date. Bit of a journey, but, ensuring the longevity of the Prelude makes it a worthwhile trip.
Photos for sure!

Car is booked in for Late July,

£375 + VAT for full rust proof -
This covers:

Hot High pressure Mossmatic cleaning with using Chlor-X salt remover.

Infra red and air blast drying.

Remove road wheels and masking of brakes and hubs.

Removal of any plastic inner arch guards. We do not remove painted plastic arch returns and skirts that form part of the bodywork. We do try to remove the plastic rivets carefully to re use them, any replaced fixings are billed to the customer.

Removal of any loose rust and old loose coatings.

Inspection of chassis/sub frames sills etc.for corrosion and rot. Any rot discovered requiring welding will be reported back to the customer prior to repairs being carried out. Pictures can be provided on a USB stick (£5 + vat). If you decide not to go ahead there will be charge to pay of 50% of the full quotation + vat

Surface rust is treated with Rustbuster FE-123 molecular rust converter.

Vehicle bodywork is masked before spraying.

Cavities injected using a unique Canadian high pressure air mix Fogging method with Rustbuster Classic 3125 cavity wax.

Cavities includes Chassis, sills, cross members, sub frames door bottoms, A,B and C pillars, bonnet and boot seams or hatch. Some areas are accessed directly with wet spray others are accessed via fogging the wax, eg door tops and lock mechanisms would receive a fog whereas the door bottom and seams get a full wet coating. Tops of pillars are fogged etc.

Under body coated with Dinitrol 4941 Black under body wax.

Plastic Arch guards and wheels replaced.

I'll go for the wheelarch protection as well:

Optional Four wheel Epoxy Arch-Guard for an extra £150 + vat

We offer an Epoxy arch guard service for steel wheel arch returns which includes.



Removal of any rust bubbles within the arch return back to sound steel NOT THE BODY WORK BEYOND THE ARCH RETURN.

Treating surface rust and corrosion with Fe-123 converter

Coating with Rustbuster Epoxy Mastic 121 to inner 3cms of arch and outer wheel arch edge returning approx. 3 cm into wheel arch exterior. The standard finish is stipple finish satin black cost for 4 wheel arches £150 + vat 2 wheel arches £100 + vat.

They'll take a bunch of before and after pictures for me as well

sounds like a decent price but it is something that can be done by yourself if you have a garage i suppose

mercutio wrote:sounds like a decent price but it is something that can be done by yourself if you have a garage i suppose

Absolutely could be done by me, I guess, hmmm, but then I'm bound to mess it up and no garage.
Just trying to think of any other feeble excuses.

All that's pretty much what I did but using different products. Took me a fair few days.
For the amount of work involved which would be a couple of days that's a good price considering I can make the same money in a mornings bodywork repair.

Yeah, that's a good price for the work considering how long it takes and how much of a PITA if you are doing it yourself.

Looking forward to the pics

Will they get the inner arches? That is the key. Agreed, good price though.