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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: senninha1981 on 14 September 2011, 20:03

Title: Rust problems
Post by: senninha1981 on 14 September 2011, 20:03
?Why are pre 95 golf mk3's less rustier than post 95 golfs :undecided:
Title: Re: Rust problems
Post by: johnnyvr6 on 14 September 2011, 20:06
there not take the plastic trim off that goes over the arches and you will see rust,its just you cant see it as the platic covers it up
Title: Re: Rust problems
Post by: VR6_Wherry on 14 September 2011, 20:17
I took the arches and sill covers off my pre 95 and it was spotless! :cool:
Title: Re: Rust problems
Post by: gasketface on 14 September 2011, 20:18
later models had galvanised shells .


"Where was the man when he jumped from the bridge ?."
Title: Re: Rust problems
Post by: johnnyvr6 on 14 September 2011, 20:27
I took the arches and sill covers off my pre 95 and it was spotless! :cool:
it could of been sorted of the previous owner before you got it i have had 2 pre 16v's and they were fairly rotton,and my post vr6 has little rust bubbles on the wings and on the n/s/r arch but not as bad as my pre 95's
Title: Re: Rust problems
Post by: dom on 14 September 2011, 21:26
there not take the plastic trim off that goes over the arches and you will see rust,its just you cant see it as the platic covers it up

I think actually as a generalisation the earlier MK3's do tend to rust less than the later ones :wink:
Title: Re: Rust problems
Post by: trog_nfs on 14 September 2011, 21:29
The quality of the steel was a bit hit and miss during the 90s, wasn't just VWs that tended to suffer. You'll find some pre that are spotless, some post that look like they have been underwater their entire life.
Title: Re: Rust problems
Post by: boneybradley on 14 September 2011, 21:32
later they did use galvanised steel (just poor poor quality) with added with strickter paint rules means you will find later 96-97 cars seem to rust worse! (going by the number I looked at buying earlier this year!)
Title: Re: Rust problems
Post by: Wayne on 18 September 2011, 12:44
Earlier cars do seem to rust less.