It looks very good. The rust bubbles probably mean someone punished the car with winter driving, or it has a seaside past. I hope it doesn't turn into anything troublesome. I think it would be 3 to 5 years before anything would erupt. I'm looking forward to reading about how you get along with it the next few months.
Not clue - it was like that when I got it. Honest guv>
(actually, you can just make out the mark it left and slight indentations in the paintwork for the pins so it clearly WAS there but has been "deleted" at some point)
Oh, and I just found out that my windstopper is being shipped today. The OEM net is missing
It looks very good. The rust bubbles probably mean someone punished the car with winter driving, or it has a seaside past. I hope it doesn't turn into anything troublesome. I think it would be 3 to 5 years before anything would erupt. I'm looking forward to reading about how you get along with it the next few months.
I read somewhere that Chrysler had the contract to do the galvanising on the R170 models before paint, & did such a piss poor job that all of em rust as a consequence.
MB were not suitably impressed!
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