Hi all,
I am a newb and owned my Zed for only a little over a month.
I was checking the underneath of the car the other day because I want to get a custom built exhaust on there at some point soon (probably when my bank balance recovers after my holiday in September) and I wanted to check to see if they would have any problems removing the old one.
Well it turns out they will there is quite a lot of rust on the under side of the car. The exhaust bolts are pretty bad, but I am sure they will be able to deal with it. Most parts other than the exhaust were not too bad and I was able to clean some of it up and treat it properly before giving it a coat of Waxoyl. A coupe of the smaller bolts sheared on me (not good), luckily they were only holding on a could of plastic guards and I will sort that out soon.
The one bit that stood out from the rest was the rear chassis tie bar (pictured below hopefully). This was heavily rusted, so I took it off the car to photograph it and attempt to clean it up and finally under seal it. While trying to clean it up I found that the poor design had meant it was able to store wet mud for years and it was virtually useless and peices of metal were just falling off in my hands.
Has any one else had any experience with this and does anyone know where I can pick up an after market version or even just an OEM replacement? I have searched eBay but I don't really know what its called and I haven't been able to find anything.
Thanks in advance for the help. I will set up a photo bucket account shortly and get some pics up of the Zed for all those interested.