Bonnet rust opinion - Page 2

slovcan · 25th January 2018, 23:44

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Originally Posted by trikey

I happen to have two bonnets in that colour

Crikey trikey, I bet I'd have to buy a lot of postage stamps to get that anywhere near that car.

I don't want to tempt fate, though. Let's see what next week brings. If I am lucky enough to get a 75 there I expect I will be trying to get things sent occasionally.

Cheers,
Glenn

David Lawrence · 26th January 2018, 03:43

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Originally Posted by slovcan

Crikey trikey, I bet I'd have to buy a lot of postage stamps to get that anywhere near that car.

I don't want to tempt fate, though. Let's see what next week brings. If I am lucky enough to get a 75 there I expect I will be trying to get things sent occasionally.

Cheers,
Glenn

A bonnet swap is certainly easiest when you have a ready supply of replacement bonnets. The rust comes from a seam on the inner crease which seems to have not been sealed very well on certain cars. It will be a hole right through it, but as said it is unlikely to spread far. In Slovakia you dont see many 75’s at all, so freighting a bonnet in might be costly and you might be better getting a body shop to sort it.

I would ask your friend with the garage what the availability of paintshops is in your region. If he has personal knowledge of a good one then I would take that route. If not, i would wait for the next car to come along.

Bonnets dont travel well either, best option is usually to drive to where the donor car is, and swap it over on-site. I did that with my MUM zircon car. Not likely to be an option for you.

slovcan · 26th January 2018, 04:46

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Originally Posted by David Lawrence

A bonnet swap is certainly easiest when you have a ready supply of replacement bonnets. The rust comes from a seam on the inner crease which seems to have not been sealed very well on certain cars. It will be a hole right through it, but as said it is unlikely to spread far. In Slovakia you dont see many 75’s at all, so freighting a bonnet in might be costly and you might be better getting a body shop to sort it.

I would ask your friend with the garage what the availability of paintshops is in your region. If he has personal knowledge of a good one then I would take that route. If not, i would wait for the next car to come along.

Bonnets dont travel well either, best option is usually to drive to where the donor car is, and swap it over on-site. I did that with my MUM zircon car. Not likely to be an option for you.

Thanks David. I am pretty confident I would be able to get a good repair done if need be. My friend does have contacts. There are some RHD 75's there, too, and it's only a matter of time before they start getting parted out, so maybe a replacement hood would come along. Probably wouldn't be the right colour, but that's why God invented paint!

If this one doesn't work out, there will be others, I'm sure.

Cheers,
Glenn

slovcan · 26th January 2018, 04:51

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Originally Posted by marinabrian

He might live in Halifax

Brian

You made a good guess, Brian. We're about an hour NW of Halifax.

Mike Noc · 26th January 2018, 06:53

Replaced mine when it went the same way. I think this is a manufacturing defect that affects some bonnets.

Leave it long enough and it will probably end up looking like this;

trikey · 26th January 2018, 09:25

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Originally Posted by Mike Noc

Replaced mine when it went the same way. I think this is a manufacturing defect that affects some bonnets.

Leave it long enough and it will probably end up looking like this;

That's a good one Mike, I haven't seen one that bad before.

Mike Noc · 26th January 2018, 09:51

The car certainly looked better after the swap Andy.

trikey · 26th January 2018, 15:49

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Originally Posted by Mike Noc

The car certainly looked better after the swap Andy.

Definately, damn good these low milers

Dallas · 26th January 2018, 19:44

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Originally Posted by slovcan

Hi folks,

I may have found a 75 to buy. It all looks good in the ad with fairly low miles and a lot of new parts installed. The one thing that I am a bit disappointed with is the hood - oops, bonnet

. There seems to be some rust over the right headlight.

When these cars start to rust in one place, you'll find rust in all the common places, so make sure you check the rear sills just where the wheel arch starts.

suzublu · 26th January 2018, 19:48

I sprayed Dynax into all the recesses in my bonnet, just as a precaution

26th January 2018, 06:53	#15
Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,551 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	Replaced mine when it went the same way. I think this is a manufacturing defect that affects some bonnets. Leave it long enough and it will probably end up looking like this;

26th January 2018, 09:51	#17
Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,551 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	The car certainly looked better after the swap Andy.

26th January 2018, 19:48	#20
suzublu This is my second home rover 75 1.8 vvc club se wedgwood blue Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seaton Carew Posts: 26,921 Thanks: 65 Thanked 7,142 Times in 4,642 Posts	I sprayed Dynax into all the recesses in my bonnet, just as a precaution