I got myself an e30 recently, then it rained..

[actletpone]

Water poured in the boot, under the rear seat and pooled in the rear footwell area where I found holes drilled through the floor because there was no gasket on the tail light.

Also the hood lining was wet, so I pulled it back and found this. The tube on the right of the photo is the rear sunroof drain..

[gr8skyr]

I've seen so much rust since joining this forum, I don't even like to drive in the wet fog anymore! - only partially kidding. sorry to see that happened

[actletpone]

I don't know what to do, I can't help thinking it's too far gone. I know the entire sunroof tray can be removed but it looks like it's eating into the underside of the roof skin. Any repair is going to be significant and I can't even weld. Then there is the question of where the water has been going and what other damage has been done.

[4evere30]

Convert to fulltime cabrio ? Lol

[4evere30]

It sucks when you discover things like this ,can decide the fait of a car quickly ...do some digging and find out how extensive the rust really is ..could be repaired still .....I just repaired two holes in my floor; each big enough to put your foot through .good thing I decided to pull the carpet to see what shape the metal was in !!

[jalopi]

Damn bro, that really sucks. Guess it's time to start learning how to weld ;)

It's really not too bad once you get the hang of it. Watch some videos, buy a decent machine (Hobart is good and can be had for under $400... not sure what shipping would be like to Kiwiland tho) and grab as much scrap metal that you can find to practice on. Figure about a week of practice before you can start doing stuff.

[E30NJ]

that sucks to discover that type of stuff. you could fix that. believe me. just develope some good welding skills