I have owned my 1999 v6 for about 8 years. It's due an MOT at the end of this month and my garage-owning friend has told me it's going to fail massively on the sills as they're rotting badly.
I've been told that the whole lot would need to be cut out and new sections welded in on both sides - not something my mate can do and something that is likely to cost a significant amount of cash for a specialist to sort.
More than that, I've been told that it's started rusting around the points where the rear suspension is attached.
I'm slowly starting to accept that this is terminal but I'm going to be absolutely gutted if I have to scrap it. Yes there are a couple of minor issues but the car is pretty tidy - there's no rust on the main body itself and it's only just ticked over to 89k miles.
Has anyone experienced similar? If so, have you been able to sort it or was that the end of it? Thanks.
I've been told that the whole lot would need to be cut out and new sections welded in on both sides - not something my mate can do and something that is likely to cost a significant amount of cash for a specialist to sort.
More than that, I've been told that it's started rusting around the points where the rear suspension is attached.
I'm slowly starting to accept that this is terminal but I'm going to be absolutely gutted if I have to scrap it. Yes there are a couple of minor issues but the car is pretty tidy - there's no rust on the main body itself and it's only just ticked over to 89k miles.
Has anyone experienced similar? If so, have you been able to sort it or was that the end of it? Thanks.