Rust repairs on a 200k mile Golf GTI (rattle can paint job)

[@dantheman6698]

nice to see someone using deox gel. it didnt remove all the rust in the pitted areas because it needs a thick 2-3mm coating and being left for 24 hours with an occasional agitation, really stubborn patches will need another application or even three.

[@gpi_eightynine]

That’s something I found out after completing this project. Good info for next time. The 2 (thin) rounds of deox gel and finished with 2 coats of hydrate-80 should give good enough protection. Provided no more oxygen can contact the steel it should halt any further corrosion.

[@Insertnamehere3000]

Keep up the great work. The average man doing stuff on his car is great. Reminds me of when I started watching Matt Armstrong but now he’s just too big to be interesting now.

[@gpi_eightynine]

Cheers for the kind words. Probably a while off rebuilding footballers Bentleys, maybe one day!

[@poodown82]

Well done dude ..keep vids comin pal

[@gpi_eightynine]

Thank man.

[@AgonArts]

Appreciate a hard working man, respect. But watching you spraying those many coats without a mask was a bit scary, best of luck and take care sir.

[@SIBUK]

Very nice. I can't believe all that rust was on the outside. I was expecting there to be huge holes everywhere where it had eaten it's way through from the inside.

[@b4tm4nrubin33]

Best off with an 80 grit flap disc to get the rust off

[@mickpurcell272]

Done a good job there well done👍👍👍

[@gpi_eightynine]

Thanks!

[@a3c1m]

The shop that replace sills need to return your money. Also you can't do rust protection and repair outside while it is raining. what you needed to do - in hot dry day: wire wheel, rust reformer, wire whell rust reformer and so on whyle there is nothing. Then you need two part primer, with rattle cans it will just rust again in few monh. After that you fill the sill with wax based protection spray. And should resprey it from the small hols every 2-3 months. But from what i can see from you other videos car is a gonner. I enjoyed your videos

[@gpi_eightynine]

all the paint used was precatylised 2-part cans. we'll see how well it holds up but the car is far from gone.

[@ceppoceppi8071]

anyway you did a good job

[@NycDIYProjects]

They usually start to rust inside the rockers. Are you missing the rubber plugs under the rocker panels?

[@gpi_eightynine]

They were all present but likely let some water in at some point which slowly rotted it out over time. They have some Dynax cavity wax in them now so should be good for a while.

[@ceppoceppi8071]

good morning, but where did you leave your car in a puddle? I don't understand how it can be so rusty!

[@gpi_eightynine]

Nearly 200k of Scottish roads which are as salty as the sea in the winter months. A lot was hidden under the side skirts but it was pretty much rotting from the inside out. I wouldn’t have bought it if I realised it was that bad tbf.

[@rickydub6950]

Great work there, making hay while the sun shines 😎 i take it the golf has lived up here for those 200k miles? My mates mk5 is the same... 🙃👍

[@gpi_eightynine]

Got to take advantage of non-rainy days here. It spent most of its time down in the central belt, they just love to rot from the inside out, it really didn’t look too bad from the outside but as you saw from the pictures it was pretty far gone.

[@adellisdevelopmen6593]

who welded that stevie wonder id be raging

[@gpi_eightynine]

I’m pretty unimpressed with it if I’m honest but it’s at least structurally sound now. It’s at least better than what it would have turned out if I did it myself. Maybe I should get some welding lessons and have a go at redoing it at some point?

[@JockMurray-v1o]

Touch up!!!!!! Shudder to think what state the integrity of those chassis legs is internally. Looks like the thing was parked in the sea for half it's life.

[@gpi_eightynine]

It was pretty disgusting. Thankfully all the rot is out on both sides and this was just taking care of the surface corrosion. The nearside was by far the worst and has had the full inner and outer replaced. Offside was replaced to where the welds are in the vid as the centre was ok (surprisingly)

[@lordtobe2774]

Frankie Boyles bodyshop

[@gpi_eightynine]

😂

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

Scrap it, it is too far gone, it will be a money pit for someone, and then it will still be scrapped, it has not done bad with 200k on it.

[@gpi_eightynine]

I appreciate the comment. It’s now mechanically and structurally sound and I doubt it will cost me anything other than service items in the next few years. If it does spontaneously dissolve one night I’ll just drive my other car…