Thread: Rusty bits on new Defender

Just a thought. Maybe Land Rover stopped putting on the waxy stuff on the advice from their insurers. In the event of the vehicle catching fire I wonder how a heavily waxed chassis would react? I know a Land Rover chassis is usually clattered in oily stuff but this was not put there by the manufacturer on purpose. In these strange times I would not be surprised if there was not some daft reason like the above for the lack of treatment on the chassis.
I painted my chassis three times then waxoiled the inside of it. Also bumped my head off a few parts underneath which should ensure a coating of grease if nothing else!
A note of caution. I heavily waxoiled a chassis on a 200tdi. It failed the mot because the mechanic could not read the chassis number. Had to book it in again after I had cleaned the bit where the number is.

Just a quick update - Trivett's offered to rub back all the rusty bits, and coat with something for me, but asked if I could wait until the first service before doing it to see if it was just surface rust.

I agreed, but now it's in the shop permanantly in limp-home mode, I might jump up and down a bit and see what I can get done.

The plus side is that the rust is noted on the delivery documentation, so in a couple of years time I can come back to them and show them it was an original problem.....

spud.the pumas now have a clear plastic sheet over the chassis no., it just stops that bit rusting !, LR have stopped rust proofing as a cost cutting measure.