As my sol is currently off the road with me being away at uni, I've been stripping bits down when I can to check for rust. The underneath is solid as it has been sealed, behind the rear bins is all clean too. Today I stripped down the boot and removed the rear bumper to find the following.
Left Side of boot all clean
Middle of boot has tiny bits of surface rust
Then the right side has some rust
Close up
and in the little hole by the arch
The outside of the same parts
And finally under the bumper
I was prepared to get the arches and sills fixed, but now I've found this i'm not sure if the chassis is buggered. The rust inside the boot does seem to be attached to the arch and could probably be done at the same time. But that patch of rust on the floor of the boot concerns me.
All the rust I found I treated with some kurust for the time being.
Is it time to sell up/break?