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[terry paget]

2.5 petrol manual estate
This 17 year old car is remarkable rust free, as an MOT tester remarked. I bought it 3 years ago from OOFer ajsphead in Portishead, on the south west coast. I was checking the state of the rear wishbone bushes, and noticed the front wheel arches were strangely rust free. Wishbone rear bushes look good too, and I could trace no slack in them. Pics follow.

NEARSIDE WHEEL ARCH

OFFSIDE WHEEL ARCH

NEARSIDE WISHBONE REAR BUSH

OFFSIDE WISHBONE REAR BUSH

 

[Doctor Gollum]

Clearly a Wednesday car does look pretty tidy there though

[2boxerdogs]

Just proves there are good ones still around.

[RobG]

Behind the sill covers?

[TheBoy]

Behind the sill covers?

I'm still regretting checking mine . Esp as the replacement sills *STILL* haven't arrived

[terry paget]

Behind the sill covers?

Not looked there, but the rearwheel arches are as new and I have no reason to think the cills are any different.

[tunnie]

Behind the sill covers?

Not looked there, but the rearwheel arches are as new and I have no reason to think the cills are any different.

Ha! Arches on my 2.2 were decent enough, cills are rotten through.

All road crap builds up after time, mine was not too bad but cills rotted through.

[Nick W]

Behind the sill covers?

Not looked there, but the rearwheel arches are as new and I have no reason to think the cills are any different.

Have you removed the rear bumper to wheelarch screws and peeled the bumper back yet?
I wouldn't advise it unless you're prepared to get the welder out:





That's the necessary repair to both inner and outer arch. I'll do the other side, which is only slightly better, in the summer.

[Nick W]

Behind the sill covers?

I'm still regretting checking mine . Esp as the replacement sills *STILL* haven't arrived

Fixing sills is easy enough especially when plastic covers are standard, it's removing all the nearby trim panels, carpet, sound-deadening, wiring, fuel lines, unicorns etc that is such a pain.

[terry paget]

I do not look for trouble. My concern is MOT failure due to serious rust. Other cars I own, or have owned, had rust problems, especially rear wheel arches and doors (not structural), front wheel arches (possible structural), seat belt mountings, and the failed NS rear shock absorber top mounting on the Opel 2.5 which I immediately scrapped. This 2000 2.5 estate is unusually rust free, to my surprise and pleasure. My other 2000 2.5 estate, a PFL, is also strangely rust free, but that spent much of its life in Portugal, which may explain it - apart from the rusty rear doors, which came off a 1998 car I scrapped. .

[ajsphead]

I attacked the rear arches when I had it 4 or 5 years ago. Good to know the standard of my work still passes muster. Current 03 plate Omega has needed front inner and rear inner arches doing and some tidying of the sills. Will be better than new when I've finished (not that difficult really).

[terry paget]

I attacked the rear arches when I had it 4 or 5 years ago. Good to know the standard of my work still passes muster. Current 03 plate Omega has needed front inner and rear inner arches doing and some tidying of the sills. Will be better than new when I've finished (not that difficult really).

You did an excellent job, both arches look pristine, unlike the ones I have done, always rough looking, and with brown stains coming through within 12 months.

[Tick Tock]

I do not look for trouble. My concern is MOT failure due to serious rust. Other cars I own, or have owned, had rust problems, especially rear wheel arches and doors (not structural), front wheel arches (possible structural), seat belt mountings, and the failed NS rear shock absorber top mounting on the Opel 2.5 which I immediately scrapped. This 2000 2.5 estate is unusually rust free, to my surprise and pleasure. My other 2000 2.5 estate, a PFL, is also strangely rust free, but that spent much of its life in Portugal, which may explain it - apart from the rusty rear doors, which came off a 1998 car I scrapped. .

Something's not quite right with that...... correct me if I'm wrong, but thought the last PFL was registered in 1998. 

[terry paget]

I do not look for trouble. My concern is MOT failure due to serious rust. Other cars I own, or have owned, had rust problems, especially rear wheel arches and doors (not structural), front wheel arches (possible structural), seat belt mountings, and the failed NS rear shock absorber top mounting on the Opel 2.5 which I immediately scrapped. This 2000 2.5 estate is unusually rust free, to my surprise and pleasure. My other 2000 2.5 estate, a PFL, is also strangely rust free, but that spent much of its life in Portugal, which may explain it - apart from the rusty rear doors, which came off a 1998 car I scrapped. .

Something's not quite right with that...... correct me if I'm wrong, but thought the last PFL was registered in 1998. 

Maybe. It's certainly the earlier shape, same shape and colour as my first Omega, R706, a 2.0 estate. It was registered on 10 01 2000, MOT history is 6 January 2006 pass, 22 April 2015 pass and 23 March 2016 pass. In between I was told it was in Portugal, where the vendor told me he bought it to convey his family and tow his caravan back to the UK. Is she a PFL? You tell me.




 

[Doctor Gollum]

Silver X reg is a facelift... grill in bonnet, no chrome.

Blue V reg is Mid facelift... grill not in bonnet, chrome trims and solid headrests.

Mid facelift was last registered on W plates, earliest facelifts on V plates... both rare