[zdenko]

I'll start off by saying my AU3 is an outside car and the clear is starting to show it.

I should take some pictures of my rust as it is just rubbish for a "modern" car.
We have other cars in the family with no issues with the same treatment.
I believe half the issue is design related. The rubbers around the doors and Windows rub the body work and trap water plus other metal areas pool water.
The other half is just pour rust treatment and paint coverage from the factory.

So my issues I have found since 2010 on my 2002 XR6.

Under my tails lights the plates were half gone 6 years ago when I got the car.
I did buy new plates but never fitted them.
I just treated and primed the old ones to slow it down which has worked.

My rear struts for the boot were rusted, one side completely at the joints on the car edge when I bought the car at 8 years old.
They dad to be retaped into new holes, which by the way has not rusted in the 6 years they have been there.
Makes you wonder how a panel shop can get it right but a factory cannot.
There was also rust inside where the hinges slide into which was stopped from rusting further.
I also have the usual rust in the boot lid at the bottom edge, but it hasn't gone through yet and I have sprayed lots of zinc coating in there over time.

The 2 longs rubber around the sills on the left and right of the door entry rub the paint, trap water and cause rust underneath them.
Touch those up every now and then.

I have removed the rear wing once as I was getting lots of Water in the boot and was sure it coming though the wing bolts holes.
Sure enough there was rust under the wing posts which I treated and primed before putting lots of Silicone and the spoiler back on.

My clear on the roof and boot lid are starting to peel which has led to a major job which I'm still progressing through.
Water is getting trapped between the clear and colour base coat and of course it is rusting on the surface.
I have had clear go on other cars but have never had rust happen because of it.
Naturally I wanted to fix this and decided wrapping the roof in Vinyl would be the solution after finding it was relatively easy on a Land cruiser bonnet if you have the patience for it.
A bit of research taught me that you can wrap primer and experience has taught me that you do not want peeling clear under vinyl as you can see it.
In other words I was planning on sanding the roof down and re-priming before wrapping.

So first things first I though I should remove the rubbers along the roof including the rear window seal so I can clean the built up dirt and be able to tuck the wrap underneath them. (Can't remove the front one as it got glued in when the window was replaced.)
Of course I found small amounts of rust and small holes under the rear Window seal and roof corner rubber mainly at the top 2 corners of the window.

I dug out these holes and filled them in.
I then noticed that water was getting in the rear left up near where the roof interior panel meets the side plastic panel whilst washing the corner before final sanding and priming.
I removed the interior plastic panel and there is heaps of rust behind it at the point where it meets the roof interior panel and along the glass edge.
The water is getting in under the window glue as the steel underneath the window has corroded.
Fixing that is beyond me, as the Window would have to be removed which is not happening as the car is essentially worthless. It gets me from A to B.

So I'm thinking after finishing the roof which will include sanding, priming and wrapping I will be going along the whole rear window edge with silicone before putting the rubber back in to seal it up and stop further water getting in.

And of course the biggest problem.
I have no idea what colour the car is.
The car is Silver and has a Paint code of W which as far as I can tell does not exist???
I need to paint down the rear quarter panel along the window after the rust repairs as it is just primer now.