The Boot

Decided to tackle the boot and remove all the crappy flooring mats (or what was lft of it) and then clean it all out. When we pulled up the flooring there was a bit of surface rust there and the rest of the floor and the metal work was covered in Waxoyl – a weather sealant. Took a couple of weekends to remove, scrape and sand it all down. In the meantime, Riley had taken the boot lid off (which wasn’t fitting properly anyway – it was proud above the body on the passenger side. When taking the boot off, the hinges were noted to be a bit bent and this could’ve contributed to the boot sitting high on one side. Anyway, removed from the car, the boot lid was scraped down, and sanded back to bare metal. Riley then rust primed it and then began spray painting in green for a few coats and then clear coat finished, came out very nice indeed – especially for a first time. In the meantime, the boot was finished getting back to bare metal and was rust primed and also painted green. When finished, it looked very good – well, certainly good enough considering it will be carpeted shortly, so that we won’t see the green paint, but we know it’s there and that we’ve not taken any short cuts.

Ordering some moulded boot carpets off MGOCSpares ready for installation into the boot and that's why we merely removed all the rust and did a "good enough" job on the paintwork as it will be covered up