Thread: Rusty bits on new Defender

Juniors was the same as yours,rust everywhere.His is also 09.Parts of the chassis were very rusty,particularly the welds at the front.There was also paint scratched off here & there.Paint was very thin.They left front guard also sagged & did not line up with the bumper when you looked at the vehicle from the front ,if you can understand what i mean.

Also the paint inside the plastic wheel arch flares is now coming off,you can scratch it off with your fingernailthey didnt notice that,and we didnt until we got it back

Anyway off to Austral it went for a week,they sent it out & have painted most of the chassis,and packed the left guard with washers to get it level





The loan D3 was nice

On a positive note, on my way back I looked into my mail box, only to find my 'Welcome to the World of Land Rover' pack. Included was a stainless steel/chrome plated luggage tag ... and not a speck of rust

Originally Posted by slt

Light oxydisation on exposed steel nuts and bolts,

I reckon the word you are looking for there is "oxidation".

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

yep its electrolysis

in the uber layman terms...

different metals have different charge properties. the further apart the difference the quicker they attack each other and one looses.

Stainless steel beats aluminum every time.

IF it wasn't for this phenomenon we wouldn't have batteries.

To add to this there is a useful explanation of galvanic corrosion and table here:

Galvanic Table

Originally Posted by one_iota

To add to this there is a useful explanation of galvanic corrosion and table here:

Galvanic Table

the corrison x I used was recommended by an Helicopter enginner who works in malaysia and they use thison the airframes in the humid conditions to slow the oxidation process down and helps to make bolts etc come undone quicker
CorrosionX

Previously ( like 15yrs+ ago) all imports had a coat off wax underneath and in the engine bay that was removed by the dealer as soon as it got off the truck. This would actually cost money and was part off the dealer delivery charges, by the sound off it they are scrapping this practice to quicken up delivery and reduce costs! Also the cars are now all being shipped to port Kembla as opposed to botany next to Australia's biggest steelworks and left out in the open for extended periods, salt water and iron particlulate fallout anyone?
I found out the hard way about wax as a trainee salesman(2 decades ago) took a young couple out on a test drive in a barina that had just got delivered to dealership on friday arvo, the wax doesnt smoke till its hot so when we got back it looked like the motor was on fire with smoke everywhere, no flames luckily, the detailers had not bothered to tell us they had a POETS and left the barina for monday to clean!
Thank god I left that job and moved to greener pastures!

So Stainless nuts and bolts with nylon washers? I gather this provides the necessary insulation/seperation

Originally Posted by slt

On a positive note, on my way back I looked into my mail box, only to find my 'Welcome to the World of Land Rover' pack. Included was a stainless steel/chrome plated luggage tag ... and not a speck of rust

One appeared in our letterbox as well,probably cheap chinese thingy,certainly looks better quality than the paint job on the Fender chassis