There seem to be a couple of active threads about underbody restorations so thought I would post mine which is currently ongoing.

I bought my L322 back in Febraury and although not initially keen on the colour it has grown on me. I bought it because it has relatively low miles at circa 100k but has been serviced every year regardless of mileage.





Bodywork was in pretty good shape and only slight corrosion on the rear arches which I got a body shop to repair and to also repaint the rear bumper.

Underneath there was some surface corrosion on the subframes so I have stripped and repainted those but I didnt take any pictures of the process.

I could some corrosion around the jacking points so decided to investigate further.






there was a decent amount of mud in the sill covers!

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I'm still dealing with night sweats, dribbling for no reason and a lack of co-ordination down my right side after my battle with rear arch rust syndrome over a year ago and this does not help!

Good job getting ahead of the rot before it gets serious

On my older example the wheel arch liners don't do a good job of stopping crud getting washed back down between the liner and the end of the plastic sill cover in the bottom of the arch - I might fit some draft excluder between them or silicon sealer to prevent ingress.


Nice colour, understated and suits it well - I've not seen one that shade before. Current: 2003 TD6 HSE
2004 Vogue SE 4.4
Previous: 1993 Classic 3.9