[Nbbru]

Not my car but one I’m looking to purchase, is this bad rusting or manageable?

 

[guitaristanime]

I would expect to have to replace both sills and arches both sides if that were my car.

Looking at around £2500+ for a full job from a reputable specialist

 

[atlex]

RUN AWAAAAYYYYY

 

[Shadowraven]

Arches are expensive to repair. £2500 is likely fairly close. Inner sills will likely be rotten too, and so might the chassis legs. I'd look elsewhere. Sills and chassis legs are easier/cheaper to fix, stay away from anything with rusty arches.

 

[guitaristanime]

I agree mostly.

Any MX-5 I buy now, will be bought on the basis that it needs the arches and sills doing. At that point I would try to pick the one that presents itself the best elsewhere.

A "rust free" car will have a higher price tag, but potentially need the same money spent on it. Better to take the guaranteed cost of repair, than the gamble and it end up costing even more.

That said there's more to consider and it all needs to be weighed up. I'm sure there's a better example out there than the one OP is referring to, unless it's basically free lol

 

[boosted]

Rusty arches dont fail mots mind.
So if good elsewhere you can just enjoy it lol.
( my 10ae has dandy chassis legs and freshly welded cills).

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[Alanabdn]

Not me looking into rust repair and not realising it will cost this much with much rustier arches 😬
Kill me now.