So after not doing anything on the car for a while (except driving it!) i've started to tackle some of the rust coming out in it.
The first part I'm going after is the rust that is coming through from the airbox/cabin intakey sort of area behind the bonnet, through the seam, into the engine bay. Sort of hard to describe but there are some pics below.
So i'm going to clean all the crap out of the seam area behind the bonnet (leaves, dirt etc), wire brush the rust in the engine bay back to bare metal and then go from there. Originally I was going to drill out some of the spot welds in the seam, split the seam apart and clean it out more, however that'd be quite difficult to do and looking around i wouldn't mind trying out rust bullet on it (despite it's cost) just to see how it goes. If it DOES work the way they say it does (has anyone tried it?) i should be able to coat the front and back sides of the seam, it should more or less neutralise the existing rust, then coat it again and it should seal it all in without having to split the seam apart to clean it. I'd probably coat the entire inside of the airboxey area just to be safe.
Any comments on that plan? I'm not sure the product will work as they say it will but it seems like a good place to test it at least!
And the pics:
The cover taken off between the windscreen and bonnet.
Inside the area.
And where the rust is coming through into the bay.