Rust under front seats

[veronicak7]

I bought a 2012 LR4 HSE last week and spent a lot of time detailing it over the weekend. When I was cleaning the second row carpets I noticed the metal box under the front seats is covered in rust. I'm looking for some suggestions on a decent cleaning product to clean them without damaging the seat or the carpet. Appreciate any advice!

 

[Rover Range]

Remove the seats. Wire brush the metal and paint with Rustoleum.

 

[ktm525]

Box being the amplifier?

 

[f1racer328]

Glad I’m not the only one with that part rusted. Mine aren’t too bad. Haven’t bothered to remove the rust.

 

[veronicak7]

Box being the amplifier?

That may be it, I'm not sure. It's the metal compartment visible from the second row under the rear of the driver and passenger seats.

 

[ktm525]

Glad I’m not the only one with that part rusted. Mine aren’t too bad. Haven’t bothered to remove the rust.

Why would you bother unless you can see it? Time better spent fretting about plastic crossovers and loose chains.

 

[Land Rover Joe]

Remove the seats. Wire brush the metal and paint with Rustoleum.

@Rover Range -

I am doing it!

Like others have noted here, I have also been disappointed over the years by all the corrosion under the seats. I know that I had a lot of brown rust already in 2012 - only two years after manufacture. While the rust never got worse...it seems unsightly on such a nice truck (did they forget to paint this or what?).

So with my rebuild...it is time to do something about it!

This is therefore part of the ongoing services and also related to the floor sound deadening and carpet cleaning (in cabin work).

So far, so good and I am making comments about how things are progressing herein other threads like

LR4 Floor Sound Deadening and Heat Insulation

Tribe, New question and thread here - Does anyone have any experience in sound deadening and thermal insulating their interior flooring? This job requires pulling the seats out and pulling the carpet up to get underneath all that and see the flooring (to include footwells). Here are a few...

www.landroverworld.org

As @Rover Range notes - best to just pull all the seats out and then clean things up and repaint as necessary.