Im facing a bit of a challenge from an exige i bought in september from Murrays, I have spoken to craig about corrosion issues and I am told it is normal. Was also told the car was well looked after by the previous owner, so to put it lightly im a bit peeved at having to strip a car down to remove and replace items which have severe corrosion.
Some bolts are impossible to remove and have had to be dremmel'd off. chassis is showing signs of oxidation and lots of white powder forming in places.
backstay frames the coating was flaking off and peeled off with your hands - loooked terrible.
brackets replaced - near enough every bolt is corroded. wishbones lower and upper plastered in rust, ball joints corroded right through the outer casing on the lower 2 rears, so replaced all of them as well as bushes. O/S and N/S engine mounts badly corroded, brackets rotten right through all removed and replaced or powder coated. engine pulleys are solid rust and have been left.
both window seals are blistered badly and oxidising, front tow pillar is a mass of rust. bilsteins are corroded at the top.
the car has not been driven for the past 2 months, i have only covered about 2000 miles in this car and it presently sits on 13000 miles.
in future i'll be asking to see any car i buy from underneath!
is this really normal.....
the rears have been removed, powder coated, new balljoints and bushes. and covered with 3m tape to avoid chipping. the results are good but I am really disapointed that I have had to do this to a car which is only just over 3 years old.
should i ask lotus to do something or should i just persevere and do the fronts....... comments appreciated.
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I guess the car must have lived by the sea, been used all year round and/or always been kept outside. Atleast now you can get on with enjoying the car. I think a rust coloured powdercoat would've been better for an oem look 
