front supension arms / wishbones are cast (or forged?) steel so would take some serious corosion for dangerous conditions?

rear wishbones are fabricated from steel-plate pressings sot less resilliant than cast / forged....

I doubt theres more than surface rust on them

Rich,

 

Yeah, I’d agree with the above. Front ones are drop forged I think…so not an issue. Rear one…a rub down and a coat of paint.

I would crawl under and have a look though, if I was thinking of buying. Tap it with a spanner, if it’s sound it will make a bright sound, rotten it will clunk. If the owner objects to a tap with a spanner, walk away.

 

Actually…as an afterthought, I have seen a few of this type of advisory….. I do sometimes wonder if a garage is touting for work with things like this. To me it’s a “keep an eye on it” thing.

A good example was an old S2a Land Rover I owned (yes, I know…🙄) every year it had an advisory for a rusty axle strengthener, which had a hole in it. Actually a drain hole, but nemmind. It was a military addition, not on civvy axles, and I got fed up of the advisory, so took an angle grinder to it and cut it off. No more advisories. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

Thank you both for the advice! Very much appreciated and yeah I've seen this on many T4's advisories whilst looking - you may be right.