davehedgehog31
Standard Member
I've been under my MG5 and although I didn't pay particular attention, there was some very light surface corrosion on the front subframes and suspension components but nothing I'd say is much different from a three year old car of Asian extraction in Scotland. With that said, other Asian cars don't set a high bar.
I've got a few cars, all of them a lot older than the MG and have had good success with lanolin based rust proofing products. I like it because it's easily applied but still allows you to see the state of the components underneath, I'm not a fan of heavy underseal products of old for that reason.
Lanoguard is probably the most well known, it's a really user friendly and easily applied product that can be put on with a spray bottle, I've used a product called Corrolan too which is much gloopier and really needs heating up and a compressor to blow it on, but is extremely durable.
I think all cars in the UK really benefit from a going over with something like Lanoguard, on an MG 5 I'd pay attention to the front subframe, rear axle, the front slam panel and all suspension components and maybe the bits of the floor that see particularly heavy wear, don't need to go mad but a good film will protect it from the worst of the winter salt. If you can be bothered then you can pop the rubber grommets out the sill and blow some into the cavities.
My car will do at least 20k miles a year so it will probably be mechanically tired long before rot becomes a threat to it's life, but it just makes it much nicer to work on in the meantime.
I've got a few cars, all of them a lot older than the MG and have had good success with lanolin based rust proofing products. I like it because it's easily applied but still allows you to see the state of the components underneath, I'm not a fan of heavy underseal products of old for that reason.
Lanoguard is probably the most well known, it's a really user friendly and easily applied product that can be put on with a spray bottle, I've used a product called Corrolan too which is much gloopier and really needs heating up and a compressor to blow it on, but is extremely durable.
I think all cars in the UK really benefit from a going over with something like Lanoguard, on an MG 5 I'd pay attention to the front subframe, rear axle, the front slam panel and all suspension components and maybe the bits of the floor that see particularly heavy wear, don't need to go mad but a good film will protect it from the worst of the winter salt. If you can be bothered then you can pop the rubber grommets out the sill and blow some into the cavities.
My car will do at least 20k miles a year so it will probably be mechanically tired long before rot becomes a threat to it's life, but it just makes it much nicer to work on in the meantime.
