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I need to beg to differ with all these learned folk on this forum.

I have a 1998 C2 and was shocked at the amount of rust I found. A few jobs for he MOT has turned into a restoration project. Not the body which I think is fine but a lot of the steel parts which attach to it. Radiator brackets and front struts were very rusty though superficially they looked fine. I used to spend every weekend restoring MG Midgets, MGB's and Marinas so I am no stranger to rust but the exhaust fixings were the worst I have ever seen. The rear bumper supports had disintegrated. I thought a previous owner had been parking it in the sea.

It is a 17 year old car so I guess you need to expect this sort of thing and I have taken everything off cleaned, painted and/or bought new parts where necessary. It will be fine when I have finished and last another 17 years. It is a wonderful car and a keeper so I have not resented one minute of all the time I have spent in a cold garage this winter.

Just don't assume it is Ok just because it appears to look OK from a casual inspection. If you find some rusty parts deal with them, it is only going to get worse.
 
Welcome Vaughan!

We (or at least I) were talking about bodywork, rather than underbody fixings. You are right, the exhaust clamps rust dreadfully, and at 17 years of age on a car that hasn't been wrapped in cotton wool, you can't hold back the progress of water on steel. The bodywork is fairly well protected fortunately.
 
Yes -try Ian Wallis at Premier Panel Skills Farnham. They are an official Porsche repair centre and their work is excellent.

Monkton Park, Farnham, Surrey GU9 9PA
01252 719699
Ray
 

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Yes -try Ian Wallis at Premier Panel Skills Farnham. They are an official Porsche repair centre and their work is excellent.

Monkton Park, Farnham, Surrey GU9 9PA
01252 719699
Ray
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Thanks Ray, I was hoping for something in London if you knew of anyone.
 
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