Bought a 2003 P5. It's in really good shape for the most part but after an inspection I was pointed out the rust underneath the car near the left and right passenger floor panels. Each area of rust where it's chewed up is about 4"x6" rough guess. Really bad on the right side but not a hole as of yet. The whole length of the panels are brown with rust but only two areas mention the rust has chewed through a couple layers.
I had planned on getting an undercoating and was told that should stop the rust from progressing for awhile. Beyond that I was told not to bother investing the money into having a body shop fix/replace/weld new panels considering I payed less than $2000 CDN for the car. Thing is aside from brake pads and rotors on the rear needing change within a couple months the car is in really good shape both mechanically and the frame and body. I'm thinking it might be worth the investment though I don't know if the body work would be the cost of another used car. Any suggestions? Invest the money for body work or just undercoat it and let it go in 2-3 years for another vehicle?
2nd question was about cleaning the headlight lenses. They have a few small cracks and it looks like they'll need a clean on the inside. Will I have to deal with glue? Bake'm, remove lenses, clean, then re-glue?
Thanks for the input in advance.
I had planned on getting an undercoating and was told that should stop the rust from progressing for awhile. Beyond that I was told not to bother investing the money into having a body shop fix/replace/weld new panels considering I payed less than $2000 CDN for the car. Thing is aside from brake pads and rotors on the rear needing change within a couple months the car is in really good shape both mechanically and the frame and body. I'm thinking it might be worth the investment though I don't know if the body work would be the cost of another used car. Any suggestions? Invest the money for body work or just undercoat it and let it go in 2-3 years for another vehicle?
2nd question was about cleaning the headlight lenses. They have a few small cracks and it looks like they'll need a clean on the inside. Will I have to deal with glue? Bake'm, remove lenses, clean, then re-glue?
Thanks for the input in advance.