Underneath the FTO

ellusion · Post by **ellusion** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:45 pm

Had my car hoisted up the other day for a check up. Noticed a lot of rust but thats getting treated this week.

I also noticed that there was nothing covering the underside of the car. I could see the engine etc...

Is there supposed to be some plastic covering? Seems very dangerous.

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:27 pm

lol, no there is no covering underneath the engine bay so yeah the engine/exhaust pipework is pretty much exposed underneath... in reality you got nothing to worry about, unless you've dumped the suspension to its guts or something... but with the rust treatment, yeah you'd definitely need it soon (before the rust spreads elsewhere)

ellusion · Post by **ellusion** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:30 am

Thanks for that.. didnt wanna go look for a spare cover.

MattG · Post by **MattG** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:22 pm

Some cars (usually only high perofmance vehicles) have the entire underbody covered by a sheet of metal. This is an aerodynamic device to help the car stick to the road at high speeds.

M@

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:23 pm

classic case in point: McLaren F1

even R34 GTRs have 'em too...

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:10 pm

Hmmmm the Lexus LS430 also got a sheet of metal covering underbody, but i wouldn't call it "high performance"

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:38 pm

ellusion,
did you end up getting a rust treatment in the end?

If so, how much did it cost? (If you don't mind me asking)

Also, what should i look out for when looking for a rust treatment place? Does any mechanic do this? Or is it a specialized place?

Thanx

ellusion · Post by **ellusion** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:25 pm

I've had it done and am very happy with it.
You have to do it at a RUST specialist. Make sure they do cars and have a hoist.

I paid $395 for a FULL undercar rust treatment and proof.
This is better than replacing panels after the rust has eaten into your car.

lal · Post by **lal** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:13 pm

ellusion wrote:I've had it done and am very happy with it.
You have to do it at a RUST specialist. Make sure they do cars and have a hoist.

I paid $395 for a FULL undercar rust treatment and proof.
This is better than replacing panels after the rust has eaten into your car.

if the car already has some surface rust... do these ppl get rid of it and then treat it?
what i mean is... do these rust treatment things:
1. stop the rust from spreading any further
OR
2. gets rid of the rust, and stops it from spreading.

ANYONE IN SYDNEY WANTING TO DO THIS, maybe we can do a group thing and get a BIG DISCOUNT! maybe this should be a diff. thread

??!