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[chrisxr2]

Anyone had their car professionally rust treated before?? Booked mine in and dropped it off at 9 o clock this morning at a place near peterboro that is quite well recommended on a number of car forums when i searched around for places that do it. They just rang 20 minutes ago to say that its all finished, now the treatment includes.

Inspection for rot
Removal of loose rust and paint
Application of rust coverter to vehicle underside including suspension components
Cavity injection to all chassis members, subframes, door interiors, sills etc as per Dinitrol application diagram

Also when the car arrives it is given a salt removal process and dried with infrared.

at £250 plus vat i am surprised at how it is done so quickly, and to be honest a little suspicious hence my post.

Any rustproofing experts that can advise me i would be grateful.

[Liam Mini 35]

Wow thats quick but at a good price like that its best to get cars in and out quick i would imagine for a faster turnover. Does the work come with a guarentee? If so i wouldnt worry, just keep an eye out for rust and get straight back on the phone if you see any.

[HippoHen]

Wasnt williams minis you went to by any chance?

[chrisxr2]

No if there's something strange and your car needs rustproofing, who you gonna call, ****buster

Liam, is three hundred quid really cheap for potentially 7 hours work.

Unsure as to any guarantee, have the diagram of dinitrol so i can check what's been done, below is what you get for your money, including of course front wings etc i would hope.

[puggered]

It is a messy job but a job which I always undertake myself. I couldn't justify spending £250 + VAT on a job I could do myself for a fraction of the cost.

[Cooperman]

20 minutes? It takes a good 3 hours to do the job properly as you have to drill some access holes to reach some areas, then fit grommets into these holes after blowing the material in.

[spi-bwk]

20 minutes? It takes a good 3 hours to do the job properly as you have to drill some access holes to reach some areas, then fit grommets into these holes after blowing the material in.

Re-read Original post.

[samsfern]

I think when I do the rover, I'll take it to a place near me that steam cleans under cars, then I'll put it on axle stands, wire brush and treat the surface rust, and give it a good coating with stonechip. It'll cost me £20 for a few pols to steam clean it underneath, and about £20 for materials, and doesnt take me long at all to do. About 4 hours. Maybe I should start my own business doing i.

[spi-bwk]

I can recommend the waxoyl spray system that is a DIY, was about £30 I think.

[Carlos W]

In answer to the original post, they had the car about 7 hours, there may have been more than one of them working on it!

If its a decent job and you can't do it yourself then its a good investment!

[spi-bwk]

As long as the work was carried out as to the spec you agreed I think that you have got a 'fair price' when you consider man hours, the messiness of the job and the potential comebacks from something not done right. If I were you I'd relax and say your hard earned was justifiably spent. And your hands are clean.

[AVV IT]

is three hundred quid really cheap for potentially 7 hours work.

Top marks for clarity there!! So what you mean is that they had the car from 0900-1540 ish (appx 7 hours). It's just that at a quick glance your post reads that they did it in 20 minutes!!

All things considered I would say that's relatively cheap. If the cost was £250 as quoted, (as opposed to £300 including VAT. You can't really factor in the VAT as what gets passed onto the treasury is nothing to do with the service or the provider), then minus £40 or so for materials, that leaves a labour charge of around £30 an hour (assuming only one person was working on the car). That's actually quite reasonable and certainly at the lower end of today's hourly labour charges.

[midridge2]

we use to take repaired cars to get this protection done years ago and it was a day long job but most of it was letting the car stand to let the excess fluid drain out then cleaned off using white sprits.
price wise it sounds like a very good price.

[chrisxr2]

Just picked up the mini, given a good inspection and they have neglected to do the doors, so i can definately recommend not using a company near Spalding to rust treat your mini. Breaking my wheel nut is one of those things that happen, but considering they have had the car 4 days (Waiting for replacment wheel nuts till yesterday) you think the job would have been done properly. They even needed pushing as to what do to rectify the doors not being done eg Send me some rust converter and dinitrol so i can do the job properly myself.