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[lithium 358]

 

any tips on dealing with rust. IL is tough on 14 yr old cars.. Only 60k miles on it and at this rate it will rust out before the mileage kills it.

Thinking I'll cut it out, grind back as much rust as possible and hit it with a rust converter and primer?

This is on the rocker panel along the pinch weld on a 01 buick century.

They all rust, irrelevant of mileage. The bad news is no mattee what you do, it's working it's way along that entire rocker already.

If it were me, I would cut out the nasty stuff, apply the rust converter to inaccessible areas to repair, then fab a small patch panel and bond it in place.

Just be prepared to keep finding moren

 

 

ya, it sucks that this is pretty much the only bad spot. rest of the car is in pretty decent shape. 

[pmureika 31]

Salt just increases corrosion rate. There are many vehicles that suffer from design problems that will harbor dirt and water and cause rust, such as the Buick above.

I haven't seen an American built car that don't have those defects.

 

 My brother has a three year old Buick Lacrosse with rust coming thru the rear quarter panels already.

 

My 2009 Jeep Liberty is fine for now. Give it time in michigan and it will get there. 

 

Actually I haven't seen any car made by anybody that doesn't have a rust problem in MI.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

If you drive it daily and keep it clean, you should easily be able to keep rust at bay for many years. My 04 Town Car is a Chicago car driven every day, but the old man had it cleaned nearly every day as well. Not a spot of rust anywhere.

[topgun 262]

Rust is evil.

[pmureika 31]

If you drive it daily and keep it clean, you should easily be able to keep rust at bay for many years. My 04 Town Car is a Chicago car driven every day, but the old man had it cleaned nearly every day as well. Not a spot of rust anywhere.

But the average person using their car as a daily driver can't keep it clean enough.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

If you drive it daily and keep it clean, you should easily be able to keep rust at bay for many years. My 04 Town Car is a Chicago car driven every day, but the old man had it cleaned nearly every day as well. Not a spot of rust anywhere.

But the average person using their car as a daily driver can't keep it clean enough.

If you care enough about your investment, you will take care of it.

[pmureika 31]

 

 

If you drive it daily and keep it clean, you should easily be able to keep rust at bay for many years. My 04 Town Car is a Chicago car driven every day, but the old man had it cleaned nearly every day as well. Not a spot of rust anywhere.

But the average person using their car as a daily driver can't keep it clean enough.

If you care enough about your investment, you will take care of it.

 

Even when you have a family to raise and finances are tight. Do you feed the family or baby your car?

 

When it stays below freezing for 3 weeks at a time. Hard to wash it than with no heat.

 

Plus a lot of people don't have garages to keep their cars in. 

[///M5 2,833]

If you drive it daily and keep it clean, you should easily be able to keep rust at bay for many years. My 04 Town Car is a Chicago car driven every day, but the old man had it cleaned nearly every day as well. Not a spot of rust anywhere.

Yep, my 68 Galaxie had rust repairs in 1974.  That is when my grandma bought it.  From that point on it was kept clean and outside of what had been treated no other rust showed up on the car and I had it for over 300k mi as a daily driver.

[///M5 2,833]

 

 

 

If you drive it daily and keep it clean, you should easily be able to keep rust at bay for many years. My 04 Town Car is a Chicago car driven every day, but the old man had it cleaned nearly every day as well. Not a spot of rust anywhere.

But the average person using their car as a daily driver can't keep it clean enough.

If you care enough about your investment, you will take care of it.

 

Even when you have a family to raise and finances are tight. Do you feed the family or baby your car?

 

When it stays below freezing for 3 weeks at a time. Hard to wash it than with no heat.

 

Plus a lot of people don't have garages to keep their cars in. 

 

Translation:  most people are lazy

 

The money excuse is wrong.  Only says you bought more car than you can afford.  Letting something rust multiplies your expense as you turn something of value into garbage.

[dem beats 1,223]

Rankings came out.

Finished at 204% last month even with a store not open but having a budget and somehow nailed 139% for the quarter.

Fuck yeah.

My new store is a GD goldmine after I got it open. For the moment at least. Hopefully the momentum stays up.

Edited August 9, 2015 by dem beats

[Tirefryr 1,742]

If you drive it daily and keep it clean, you should easily be able to keep rust at bay for many years. My 04 Town Car is a Chicago car driven every day, but the old man had it cleaned nearly every day as well. Not a spot of rust anywhere.

But the average person using their car as a daily driver can't keep it clean enough.

If you care enough about your investment, you will take care of it.

Even when you have a family to raise and finances are tight. Do you feed the family or baby your car?

When it stays below freezing for 3 weeks at a time. Hard to wash it than with no heat.

Plus a lot of people don't have garages to keep their cars in.

Dude, seriously? You're off the deep end here.

[pmureika 31]

 

 

 

 

If you drive it daily and keep it clean, you should easily be able to keep rust at bay for many years. My 04 Town Car is a Chicago car driven every day, but the old man had it cleaned nearly every day as well. Not a spot of rust anywhere.

But the average person using their car as a daily driver can't keep it clean enough.

If you care enough about your investment, you will take care of it.

Even when you have a family to raise and finances are tight. Do you feed the family or baby your car?

When it stays below freezing for 3 weeks at a time. Hard to wash it than with no heat.

Plus a lot of people don't have garages to keep their cars in.

Dude, seriously? You're off the deep end here.

 

What is more important your family or you car?

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Dumbest question ever and totally irrelevant to the subject at hand.

[mikel7829 90]

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

loving this thyroid medicine holy shitballs

[mikel7829 90]

loving this thyroid medicine holy shitballs

 What is it 

[ssh 924]

Day one awesome weather and climbing. Day two campsite flooded

Make the best out of it bro..Did you bring a kyiack?

Nope, I went to climb, but the next day we swam in sedona and picked wild blackberries.

[dem beats 1,223]

loving this thyroid medicine holy shitballs

T3 or T4?

[///M5 2,833]

Dumbest question ever and totally irrelevant to the subject at hand.

Exactly

[Tirefryr 1,742]

All this talk of thyroids. . Guess who goes to the endo tomorrow?

[ssh 924]

Roof climbing!

 

[dem beats 1,223]

All this talk of thyroids. . Guess who goes to the endo tomorrow?

Good luck!

[dem beats 1,223]

Roof climbing!

Nice!

[mikel7829 90]

Looks like its going to be a rainy day..Luv it!!!

[///M5 2,833]

Roof climbing!

 

Finger strength is getting there