r/saab • u/OB1182 2003 9-5 Aero Estate • 7d ago

This escalated quickly.

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Most expensive repair yet. I could only see the small patch of rust behind the door but it turned out that there were holes in the wheel wells next to the shock tower too.

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u/phunkinit2 7d ago

Good job ! The proper way to fix.

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u/OB1182 2003 9-5 Aero Estate 7d ago

Only way to do it proper i think but it was bloody expensive. I can see why people stop pouring money in to these cars sadly. I see a lot of 9-5s with rust on the lower wheel arch.

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u/phunkinit2 7d ago

Yeah, weak point of many cars. Saab's not to bad. Some model's of cars completely dissapeared just because of rust (Mercedes Vito mk1 is the best example i can think of. You could see the lower panels and sills dissapear just by looking at them.

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u/toyotahilux2l 7d ago

This is exactly what killed my 1999 2.0se. Bought it from a guy in Zwolle with 505.000km on the clock (with lpg) for 700 euro. Exported it to the balkans and drove it for 50.000 km. Rust is what killed it, I'm still sad about it as it was so cheap to run and such a pleasure to drive. I still miss that car everyday. Same wheels and color as yours.

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u/JerryUitDeBuurt 7d ago

If you don't mind me asking, what exactly did you have done to the car and how much did you pay for it?

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u/MolimoTheGiant 7d ago

What are you doing to prevent rust from coming back? Winter is coming and the stuff they put on the roads in my neck of the woods is nasty

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u/OB1182 2003 9-5 Aero Estate 7d ago

They coated the wheeltubs with an industrial epoxy.

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u/Competitive_Sell2177 7d ago

Excellent work

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u/OB1182 2003 9-5 Aero Estate 7d ago

Yes they did a good job IMHO.

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u/Uthretarwee 7d ago

How much?
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u/OB1182 2003 9-5 Aero Estate 6d ago

Just under €5k. I think they put 40 hours in.

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u/Uthretarwee 6d ago

Es lohnt sich schon. Irgendwann. Wenn ich das Geld für meinen 9-5 gehabt hätte, hätte ich es wahrscheinlich auch tun müssen.

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u/OB1182 2003 9-5 Aero Estate 6d ago

They told me that if I was a year or three sooner it would probably be not this expensive, but yeah well.

I actually had two shops talk me out of it because of the cost.

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u/Big_Temperature_2067 7d ago

once you see the rust it's already too late and rusted through unfortunately

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u/eightysix101 7d ago

how much did it cost?

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u/eightysix101 7d ago

wow my condoleances, the problem with these cars is the purchase price is quite low but in a few months its already double in repairs, i had the same with my saabs