Means we can confidently offer you a 12-year body protection warranty.
Rust protection Before we even think about the paint finish on your R32 we treat the body shell with our multi-coat rust protection process. We galvanise it to guard against corrosion, add further protection to the underbody and finally apply a flawless base coat. More than skin deep Only then are we ready to dress it in one of our diverse range of colours. So you can be sure its good looks go deep enough to last.
Rust. It used to be the car's biggest enemy. A structure weakened by rust offered little accident protection. Thankfully, corrosion is now largely a thing of the past. Thanks to its galvanised body, cars like the R32 will be around for years. In fact, we are so confident about the way we've built the R32 that we've given you a 12-year body protection warranty. How we do it Once the body shell has been assembled using pre treated zinc coated panels, it is thoroughly cleaned and a zinc phosphate coating is applied. This allows the environmentally-friendly water-based undercoat and colour coat to adhere correctly. Then we use a cathodic electroprimer, applied by total emersion in a dip bath. This electrostatic process uses the positive and negative elements of an electric current to draw the paint into every corner of the body. Following each application the layer is thoroughly dried and prepared ready for the next process. Now we apply the filler (primer) coat which provides a depth and level to the overall paint layer. The body is then dried in a high temperature (120 degrees centigrade) oven, and only then is the R32 ready for the application of the colour coat and subsequent glossy clear coat. This forms the quality, weather proof surface that you expect from a Volkswagen.