My sills and below my side skirts have got rust. Whats the best treatment, i have new side skirts which will cover the rust but before i do whats the best way of treating rust and preventing it, not fussed about the colour as my new side skirts will cover it
lol if in doubt, cut it out! If you leave the rust untreated it will gradually get worse! Best thing to do is cut it out and weld in new sills then treat it with waxoyl or similar and then get ur skirts on! Job done!
I would only cut out if its rotten and easy to push through
Otherwise...
wire brush on a drill to remove as much surface rust
Then use Bilt Chamber DeoxC gel to treat rusted metal
Then zinc oxide primer (the zinc oxide is the anti rust coating as the zinc will corrode more readily than steel)
Then paint
Then waxoyl or seal
Bit long winded but its a must
Check Petrol's restoration thread that's where I picked this up from
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Just finished de-rusting mine. My sills were knackered so I had brand new ones fabricated and welded in
As for the rest, I used a mixture of deox del and Krust. Then anti-rust primer with an under sealer that contains waxoyl. Always get the surface rust off as much as poss first. I've done the entire under side of mine including arches and it took ages... well worth it.
As mentioned, Pertrol's thread is well worth checking out
how much did it cost you to get new sills fabricated and fitted if you dont mind me asking ?Originally Posted by Chaz
as im looking at scrapping my 200sx ideas because of this issue !
much appriciated
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