Have a photo:
Not that often unless they're neglected and left with leaf litter in the gap.
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| Author: | jbeenz [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:24 pm ] |
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Do roofs rust much in aus? or is it just us kiwi's that have to put up with rusty roof gutters on nearly every car? |
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| Author: | Mick [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:30 pm ] |
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Have a photo: Not that often unless they're neglected and left with leaf litter in the gap.
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| Author: | jbeenz [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:31 pm ] |
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thats rather nasty  , but is it normal?
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| Author: | Whitta [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:35 pm ] |
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Well, if it's common between Kiwi Mini's, i'd say it's from climate conditions and the combination of humidity and condensation and all that crap, more so than we get here in Aus. |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:55 pm ] |
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Gutter rust is pretty rare in Aus. Our cars were made from different steel and had a factory anti rust treatment up till 74. You are more likely to find gutter rust in a 77 than a 67. My 68 Cooper S has one small hole in the gutter from when it had a roofrack. 
Do your rear subframes rust? Ours don't! 
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| Author: | jbeenz [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:58 pm ] |
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rear subframes....well, sort of, i had never seen a rusty one untill a month ago, since then ive seen several! its usually the gutter corners that go 
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| Author: | Mike_Byron [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:59 pm ] |
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Roof rust was common in vinyl roofed cars though. Particularly those near the coast (within 50 km ) and was not limited to mini s - I would avoid a vinyl roof car like the plague now. |
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| Author: | jbeenz [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:02 pm ] |
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my vinyl roofed car is strangly rustless, just as an odd exception 
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| Author: | Smokie [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:55 pm ] |
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Quote: Roof rust was common in vinyl roofed cars though.
Sort of like this.. The roof of the LS after the vinyl was removed... 
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| Author: | Mick [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:04 pm ] |
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Far out, it was kinda just floating there wasn't it? |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:17 pm ] |
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I've had to MIG repair RH front gutter corners on 2 of our cars, I think it's due to the tiny drain holes blocking easy with gumnuts and leaf litter when cars parked facing downhill.... 1 was a 9/78, the other a 3/70. This `78 one never had any front drain holes from factory, I had to drill them. 
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| Author: | dove grey 64 [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:26 am ] |
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did they seam seal the roof panel from factory? nope, if they did you'd see the slop mark from the fat brush they used (like the rest of the car eg. internal seams and floor pan) when the paint starts to decay and become porus its only a matter of time that the seams of the panels will start to rust. if you guys have to muck around with the roof heaps in NZ make sure you seam seal it and then spray the roof with 2pk or something else thats really hard wearing my 2c. i've never seen a rusty rear subframe. |
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| Author: | brickworx [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:25 am ] |
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I thought these would come in handy one day... 
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| Author: | Mike_Byron [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:28 am ] |
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Quote: I thought these would come in handy one day...
"Do they come in other colours as well" Dianna Fisher |
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| Author: | brickworx [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:29 am ] |
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I can make them any colour you want. |
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