Vehicles (17 Jan 2019)
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Rear inner wheel arch liner?
- Speedboatsteve
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I’m new to the forum and recently purchased my first Jimny on a 2000 W plate which was an MOT failure. It had the common rust in the boot floor and that has now been fixed however there is also a lot of rust in both rear wheel arch’s, the front wheel arch’s have a plastic inner liner however the rear arch’s don’t, not on mine anyway.
Can anybody tell me if there should be plastic rear wheel arch liners? I can’t seem to find any online.
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If the owner wash the car more often on the underside, and top up the coating, it will most likely rust more slowly or not at all.
I don't wash too often sadly...

Not well enough at least..
2005 Jimny M16A VVT, 235 BFG MT, 2" Trailmaster, 17%/87% high/low gears.
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Take a good look at the floor pan around the body mount by the front seat seatbelt points as this is another rust point. Then cover with something like the Buzzweld range of paints.
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2003 M13 early KAP build.
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235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
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Cleaning and painting before rust is best.
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I believe the front mount rot is not due to the liner, its poor seam sealing on the multi layer metal joint below the headlamp which also doubles as a water drain route. Poor design meets poor rust prevention equals rot spot. They are guilty however of hiding this rot spot until its too late to do anything.
I for one would keep the liners, I believe they offer more protection than running the vehicle without.
However it is a wise to remove them and rust proof underneath, also treat the mounts with wax at least once before the rot starts. If you do remove them I would suggest you need to add a protective coating under the wings or the vacuum tank (switch 4x4) and wing tops / A pillar will be your new rot spots.
Of course just in my humble opinion.
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It would be nice if you only had to do the washing off because the manufacturer had prepared it and rust proofed it first.
When you do the type of off roading I've historically done, you do not want wheel arch liners as they will get full if mud behind, which will stay wet for a long time and cause rust. Muddy water gets in everywhere but only the water comes back out!
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Sadly I think I am way past the point of preventing the rust however your input has given me places to look so I can treat it.
My Jimny is 20 years old and the last owner lived right by the coast so you can imagine the extent of the rust. That said I'm not giving up, I've been away, hence my delay in my reply and I'm now eager to get started again.
Right, time to crack on.

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