Re: Northern rusty Q's? (weak spot?)

[Martin Pajak <urquattro@wave.home.com>]

Daniel,

> There is one spot where these cars (and I've had two of them do it) tend to
> rust, and that is right below the tailights and just above the rear bumper.
> This metal stip just didn't get the sane rust proofing as the rest of the
> body and also this is an area that collects a lot of water and it tends to
> sit up in there for long periods of time.

It's probably factory fault.
The car gets galvanised and then the holes are drilled for that chrome piece
which BTW Euro cars do not have.

HTH
--
Martin Pajak

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1983 Audi Ur-quattro (229,000 km)
1986 Audi 4000 S Quattro (420,000 km) with 5 bolt pattern