I purchased our Discovery five months ago and non of the previous MOTs had mentioned any issues with corrosion.

I find it difficult to believe in the space of 12 months the floor and chassis are corroded, the rear brake disc cover is corroded and the offside and nearside front shock absorber mountings are corroded. These are only advisories at the moment but they are only going to get worse.

Can anyone tell me whether waxoyle rustproofing treatment would stop this getting worse. Or alternatively recommend a place to get this fixed. I live in the Fareham, Hampshire area.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Waxoyle would slow it down a lot, but there's no way to totally stop it now that it'd started without grinding down the rusted spots and totally refinishing the frame followed by a good rust proofing once every year or two.

 

Thank you for replying so promptly. It's kind of what I thought. Can it be replaced though?

 

You won't be able to replace the floors, chassis, axle mounting points, etc. not unless you are a highly capable sheet metal Or body tech. It can certainly be done with 10s and 10s of man-hours but that's for restorations. You can grind on heavier steel and sand on the lighter gauge stuff to remove the heaviest layers of rust then apply whatever primer and paint to stop the areas from rusting further. Replace any brake covers, calipers and the like with good, used items. You don't want any rust or corrosion on braking components

 

Things don't seem to be that good. But I suppose this is quite normal for this model? Not having any garage or under cover area is not going to be that easy. Is the cost to have it done prohibitive? And possibly not good value for money.