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WHEN we think about corrosion in Land Rovers, our minds often jump straight to the chassis, quickly followed by the bulkhead – the well-documented areas of rust. The thing is, these areas all have one thing in common – they’re all made of steel and, over time, exposed steel without any protective coating will rust.
It’s often said that Land Rovers don’t rust, because they’re made of aluminium. This, as a lot of owners of Series, early Ninetys and One Tens (and early Defenders) will know, is an urban myth. It’s not uncommon to see slightly dubious areas of paintwork and, on closer inspection, you may see a slight white powdery substance forming. This galvanic corrosion is often found when two dissimilar metals touch over a period of time. Steel and
