Defender 90 Roof
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Not that I've seen.
Some pics of the corrosion would be useful.
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That roof corrosion is unusual in my experience. You could take the roof off and rub that back to bare aluminium I reckon. Leave it too long and it might go through. Once back to bare ali you could etch prime it, skim it with filler and repaint.
You can replace the side window panels, but the steel tub cappings will probably be causing that corrosion due to dissimilar metal corrosion. Again you could take them off, replace the body cappings for galvanised ones, repair the window panels like the roof and put it all together again. Another issue with the side panels is that they have steel structural corner pieces inside and so you will have to treat those to try and halt the rust. That's not so easy as they are riveted in IIRC.
kevinp
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i had a few patches like that when i bought my 90 6 years ago i just did as al203 says painted made sur it was sealed up and its still good now it just seems like surface rust on cars if the moisture gets under a bit of paint damage it reeps
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Galvanised cappings are not cheap CLICK HERE but worth it if you are keeping the Landy. If yours aren't rusted through, you could clean them up with a wire wheel and get them dipped yourself. It should be a lot cheaper.
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@neilp1
I've just realised that your location is Newcastle. If you're interested you could Google your own places to get stuff galvanised, but I used Franklin Steel in Blaydon. When I did my rebuild about three years ago they had an initial minimum charge of either £18 or £25 (can't remember exactly) + a charge per unit weight after that. This means you need to collect everything you want galvanising and take it all at once. Or else you pay the £25 every time you go! That sounds pretty exact, but the guy always estimated when I went. Having said that, it always seemed decent value to me. I've got no link with the company what so ever!
I've just realised that your location is Newcastle. If you're interested you could Google your own places to get stuff galvanised, but I used Franklin Steel in Blaydon. When I did my rebuild about three years ago they had an initial minimum charge of either £18 or £25 (can't remember exactly) + a charge per unit weight after that. This means you need to collect everything you want galvanising and take it all at once. Or else you pay the £25 every time you go! That sounds pretty exact, but the guy always estimated when I went. Having said that, it always seemed decent value to me. I've got no link with the company what so ever!
Cheers for that I have used these in the past for buying steel but didn't realise they done galvanising. I will look into this.
Neil
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Probably should have said that they do not do it there. They collect a load and send it off to a place in Southern Scotland on a Tuesday and the wagon comes back on Thursday. If you send stuff on the Thursday it doesn't come back until the following Tuesday, etc.
