Hi,

After being into defenders for the past number of years I've decided the natural progression was to a RR

The other week I bought a 2012 TDV8, 136k miles. When I was viewing it I gingerly looked underneath, didn't want to go too overboard incase the dealer wasn't happy about a customer rolling around under a vehicle.

I've had more of a look now, and I'm just wondering what peoples' views are on the state of rust. At the end of the day it could always be blasted/wire brushed, repainted and waxed, but even so, perhaps they are other vehicles out there of similar age/mileage which aren't like this.


I've tried to upload photos here but get 'error uploading album data'.


Here's a link to show the photos on LRUK where I also asked, hope that's ok.

https://www.lrukforums.com/threads/2012-l322-rust.277378/


Thanks

Nothing out of the normal there. It depends where the vehicles been / sat etc.

All looks straight forward to clean up. Just your time & what proceess you use

When I was looking for a L322, 8 years ago there were plenty of examples much worse than that around then, it’s a real shame.

Yours doesn’t look too bad, but you never know about the body until you start to address it. The first thing I did with our old one was remove all the plastics, arch lines etc clean it up spray anything that needed it with Buzzweld Rust/CIO and then put a couple of hundred pounds worth of Dintrol into it.

The L405 has some components that do a equally good job of rusting so clearly JLR haven’t learnt. Sold - Bell a 2015 MY16 Loire Blue Autobiography 4.4 SDV8
Previously George a 2007 MY07 Java Black VSE 3.6 TDV8
Previously a 04 MY04 Defender 90

Have you taken the plastic sill covers off to see what the rear arches are like?

I had a 2012, when it was 7 years old it had the front subframe off for the turbo drain mod, the corrosion was horrific, I would expect much better protection from the tin worm than JLR deem necessary. BMW i3 Electric Car
2012 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8 (now gone)
2006 VW Touareg 3.0 TDi V6

I had Raptor coating done after taking the rust off.
It is used extensively in the US but less so in the UK.
I researched it in depth and am comfortable it is very durable and long lasting.

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I haven't checked the sills properly yet. As the consensus suggests, it should all be treatable etc. Thanks all !

Mine is a 2011 and there's nowhere near as much corrosion on mine as that one. It looks like surface stuff but even so, has it lived by the sea? Christian.


Current Cars
2011 Range Rover Vogue SE
2020 BMW M4 Competition
2019 BMW X4

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https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic61540.html

Impressive work above.

Not sure about how much time it has spent by the coast, I'd blame a combination of poor steel protection and time spent on salted roads. Only removed one sill cover plug and peered in, but although it sounds an oxymoron, my gut feeling is that the sills may be alright.

Was able to upload these photos using my phone. I used a ball peen hammer to tap at the flaky rust/old coating and the result shows the difference in thickness. If I got the subframe shot blasted in situ I’d expect the metal to be even more pitted and thinned slightly after that. :/

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i use a lot of raptor coat it is a very hard wearing coat . but for a good coat of wax i have started using lanoguard you can cover every thing even exhaust so no masking about £50 for 2 ltrs and it covers well and seems to last easy to re fresh just cover brakes etc new vehicle purchase
2007 supercharged 4.2 java black .sand leather vogue se trim
previous cars .
range rover classic 200 tdi
discovery 1 200 tdi
freelander 2 2008 hse
discovery 1 300 tdi
p38 4.0 ltr man r380 ex royal support vehicle on v5c
discovery td5 man off roader

hey oggy. How much Lanogard does it take to do the underside?

it goes a long way you would have a drop left if you got 2 ltrs . they also do a tub of grease that you use over more heavy parts that are rusty a lot of vids on you tube have a look oggy new vehicle purchase
2007 supercharged 4.2 java black .sand leather vogue se trim
previous cars .
range rover classic 200 tdi
discovery 1 200 tdi
freelander 2 2008 hse
discovery 1 300 tdi
p38 4.0 ltr man r380 ex royal support vehicle on v5c
discovery td5 man off roader