Friggin' saltwater...

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Oh Deer

Oh Deer

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This old disco had almost no visible rust about 10 months ago when I got it... Well I live right on the bay and I got it in some saltwater off-roading like an idiot a couple times. That with the unavoidable exposure to salt from living here, and now look at it:

(ImageShack Slideshow)Land Rover Rust

That with lots of time spent underneath the thing with a pressure sprayer after getting it in saltwater.

:(
 
No visible rust you say? Was it all nice and black and shiny under it when you got it? If so then I reckon it was underbody sprayed just before you bought it to hide the rust.

Happens a lot then when the winter appears it blows out in huge scabs and all the waxoyl falls off!!
 
matthew2riches said:
No visible rust you say? Was it all nice and black and shiny under it when you got it? If so then I reckon it was underbody sprayed just before you bought it to hide the rust.

Happens a lot then when the winter appears it blows out in huge scabs and all the waxoyl falls off!!
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It came from the San Antonio, TX area which is pretty dry.

I doubt it was resprayed as I can still see patches of what appears an antitrust coating(from the factory?) and it wasn't shiny.
 
Hell, that's not bad at all. Except perhaps for the southern US. My last Disco 2 chassis looked like it was made of brandy snaps, and had much the same qualities (taste apart).
 
By your description, I was expecting to see a rotted out disco. What you have there is a little bit of surface rust. Here in the UK, I'd say 99% of disco 1's on the road have that. (at least)
 
It looks like its 2 years old, you're lucky!

Get this!!

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100% land rover, 25% gone!
 
I can remember when the first Disco's and RR came out and they where stored before the release date,they where worse than that and they was supposed to be brand new.;)
 
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