When I bought my TTS it had some advisories on the last MOT for corrosion on the front and rear springs. Having borrowed a jack to get the Haldex ECU off for repair (to be done on Monday, I'll post some pics of the removal process when that's done), I got under the back of the car today and had a look at the state of things.
Despite not being mentioned on any MOTs previously, the subframe doesn't look great. I've given it a going over with a wire brush and everything feels relatively solid, there's no holes and I can't create any poking around with a screwdriver, but as you can see from the pictures it has definitely seen better days and there was a heck of a lot of rust coming off it.
I'd plan to get some rust converter on it and then some underseal to try and slow the corrosion process down, but would be keen to get a view from those a bit more in the know about how bad this actually is.
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Despite not being mentioned on any MOTs previously, the subframe doesn't look great. I've given it a going over with a wire brush and everything feels relatively solid, there's no holes and I can't create any poking around with a screwdriver, but as you can see from the pictures it has definitely seen better days and there was a heck of a lot of rust coming off it.
I'd plan to get some rust converter on it and then some underseal to try and slow the corrosion process down, but would be keen to get a view from those a bit more in the know about how bad this actually is.
