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I thoroughly Waxoyled my iOn in the summer (2014) and noticed rusting to the battery pack mounts under the plastic belly pan when I took it off. I understand there is a recall on this issue in Germany? I gave the pressed steel members a good internal squirting so it'll be interesting to see what difference it makes in time.

I also sprayed the motor, controller, charger - everything really - with some trepidation in case it got hot enough to ignite or something. I took it for a fast drive afterwards and nothing was getting even vaguely hot. A couple of days later I blasted (well, as much as you can in an iOn!) up the motorway 180 miles home and checked again halfway. Still no issues. It all looks so much happier with a good coat of Waxoyl - no aluminium oxidation etc. I did all inside the 3 ply spot welded cills and inside the doors, bonnet and boot lid, too. Stank for days but it's gone now.

I have read up on the long term effects of Waxoyl on rubber an plastic and generally there appears to be no issues. MW

<blockquote data-quote="martinwinlow" data-source="post: 19159" data-attributes="member: 747">I thoroughly Waxoyled my iOn in the summer (2014) and noticed rusting to the battery pack mounts under the plastic belly pan when I took it off. I understand there is a recall on this issue in Germany?&nbsp; I gave the pressed steel members a good internal squirting so it&#039;ll be interesting to see what difference it makes in time.&nbsp; I also sprayed the motor, controller, charger - everything really - with some trepidation in case it got hot enough to ignite or something. I took it for a fast drive afterwards and nothing was getting even vaguely hot. A couple of days later I blasted (well, as much as you can in an iOn!) up the motorway 180 miles home and checked again halfway. Still no issues. It all looks so much happier with a good coat of Waxoyl - no aluminium oxidation etc. I did all inside the 3 ply spot welded cills and inside the doors, bonnet and boot lid, too. Stank for days but it&#039;s gone now.I have read up on the long term effects of Waxoyl on rubber an plastic and generally there appears to be no issues.&nbsp; MW</blockquote>

[QUOTE="martinwinlow, post: 19159, member: 747"] I thoroughly Waxoyled my iOn in the summer (2014) and noticed rusting to the battery pack mounts under the plastic belly pan when I took it off. I understand there is a recall on this issue in Germany? I gave the pressed steel members a good internal squirting so it'll be interesting to see what difference it makes in time. I also sprayed the motor, controller, charger - everything really - with some trepidation in case it got hot enough to ignite or something. I took it for a fast drive afterwards and nothing was getting even vaguely hot. A couple of days later I blasted (well, as much as you can in an iOn!) up the motorway 180 miles home and checked again halfway. Still no issues. It all looks so much happier with a good coat of Waxoyl - no aluminium oxidation etc. I did all inside the 3 ply spot welded cills and inside the doors, bonnet and boot lid, too. Stank for days but it's gone now. I have read up on the long term effects of Waxoyl on rubber an plastic and generally there appears to be no issues. MW [/QUOTE]

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