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[profmatt]

I had my Mini cleaned by a jet wash company today. I noticed some alarming looking rust I hadn't seen before. (I'm attaching two photos: one was taken in the summer, the other today.)

 

How bad does it look to you? How easy is it to fix? How expensive?

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[JimminyBob]

If it is rust and not a paint reaction then bad, the wing will need replacing eventually.

[HarrysMini]

Definitely rust. New wing and possibly scuttle corner if it has spread. 

[Jordie]

thats rust and as probally been working its way through the panel for months.

 

new wing and possible scuttle corner / under scuttle panel too. check the air vent area and door post as they usually all start to go around the same time.

[SecretSugar]

Looks like water has got behind it at some point making the area flake and rust quicker. Jet wash might not of helped. Wing and maybe new scuttle too.

[AVV IT]

Never mind the rust, what on earth were you thinking of letting someone with a jet wash near a classic mini?? 

 

It's a classic car, so wash it by hand with a quality car shampoo and a soft wash cloth. A high pressure jet wash is likely to strip paint, blast rustproofing away and get moisture into seams and other unwanted areas, making your corrosion problems worse.

[Cooperman]

See if you can push a small screwdriver through the rust. If you can it will need a new wing. Poke at the scuttle panel with the same screwdriver. If it goes through a new scuttle panel end is needed.

 

AS for price, a genuine wing is c.£80, scuttle end would be c. £15. The screen has to come out to do a scuttle end. time is in the region of 4 hours for  cutting, welding and grinding back (assuming no more rust is found in the inner wing or front panel). The allow for re-painting wing & scuttle. Say around £275 for the whole job if no other rust is found.