MoT today

AndyN01 · 5th October 2021, 10:36

Hi all.

I've put just shy of 12K on her in my first year with her.

The previous 12K took about 9 years

.

The MoT result is a........

Fail for:

Corrosion on the Rear Offside Inner Sill

And an advisory for:

Offside Front anti roll bar linkage dust cover. Wondering about just fitting a new cover - if they're still available? Any thoughts?

Clean bill of heath otherwise including emissions at 0.54.

Booked in to have the welding done on Friday at our local, family run garage.

All in all nothing drastic for an almost 19 year old lady.

MSS · 5th October 2021, 10:44

If the balljoint is ok, I would just replace the rubber boot. I have done this for track rod ends in the past on an car and the rods lasted a number of years afterwards.

This is the place I get by rubber boots.

https://www.balljointboots.co.uk/

bendrick · 5th October 2021, 14:09

Hit the same myself pre MOT.

Both rear sills shot to bits and when cut out both jacking points rusted to bits.

Off the road now whilst major welding and jacking point prefabrication takes place, big bill and the age old.... 'is it worth it or put the money towards a newer car'....scenario in the head debate.

One minor disappointment which is very much a side issue in the general scheme of things is the two front suspension arm gaiters are split which were only renewed two years ago.

Like many people I'm absolutely fed up of cheap quality crappy replacement parts, someone should do something about the legality and sale of shoddy poor material parts on cars and regulate both quality of metal and other material parts standards.

5th October 2021, 10:36	#1
AndyN01 This is my second home Toyota RAV4 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Tamworth Posts: 3,070 Thanks: 2,478 Thanked 1,579 Times in 968 Posts	MoT today Hi all. I've put just shy of 12K on her in my first year with her. The previous 12K took about 9 years . The MoT result is a........ Fail for: Corrosion on the Rear Offside Inner Sill And an advisory for: Offside Front anti roll bar linkage dust cover. Wondering about just fitting a new cover - if they're still available? Any thoughts? Clean bill of heath otherwise including emissions at 0.54. Booked in to have the welding done on Friday at our local, family run garage. All in all nothing drastic for an almost 19 year old lady. __________________ Andy. http://www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk/ Last edited by AndyN01; 5th October 2021 at 10:38..

5th October 2021, 10:44	#2
MSS This is my second home Rover 75CDT, Jaguar XF-S 3.0V6, V'xhall Omega V6 Estate, Twintop 1.8VVT, Astra Estate and Corsa 1.2 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7,084 Thanks: 283 Thanked 624 Times in 440 Posts	If the balljoint is ok, I would just replace the rubber boot. I have done this for track rod ends in the past on an car and the rods lasted a number of years afterwards. This is the place I get by rubber boots. https://www.balljointboots.co.uk/

5th October 2021, 14:09	#3
bendrick Gets stuck in Ex CDT Auto Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Barry Posts: 655 Thanks: 76 Thanked 266 Times in 155 Posts	Hit the same myself pre MOT. Both rear sills shot to bits and when cut out both jacking points rusted to bits. Off the road now whilst major welding and jacking point prefabrication takes place, big bill and the age old.... 'is it worth it or put the money towards a newer car'....scenario in the head debate. One minor disappointment which is very much a side issue in the general scheme of things is the two front suspension arm gaiters are split which were only renewed two years ago. Like many people I'm absolutely fed up of cheap quality crappy replacement parts, someone should do something about the legality and sale of shoddy poor material parts on cars and regulate both quality of metal and other material parts standards.