is this something to worry about??
Thread Starter
Launching!
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 224
Likes: 0
From: Tinley Park IL.
i got this permatex rust treatment stuff from pepboys. You guys think it might work??/ and how much you guys think it will cost to get that repaired???....like cut out and repair
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine
Verdad Gallardo
7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin
Verdad Gallardo
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo Thread Starter
Launching!
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 224
Likes: 0
From: Tinley Park IL.
so i took my car to get an estimate to get my inner wheel wells painted and my guy found brass where the rust was.... like the owner before me used brass to weld the rocker panel to the quarter panel. but anyway he said its going to be $380 to sand blast my wheel wells, spray it with protective coating, take out the brass, weld the cracks, paint and to spray a chip protector.
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 3,452
Likes: 3
From: somewhere that doesn't get snow
do all the T/A's have that white spot next to the rust? i noticed my fender on that side has a bit of that but no rust present (southern car, never seen a single northern winter) i wonder ifi ts built up wax or something in a crevice
Last edited by 1995blacktattop; Mar 20, 2009 at 08:31 PM.
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 3,452
Likes: 3
From: somewhere that doesn't get snow
well i went ahead and touched up mine a bit with a some touch up paint just so i wouldn't have rust issues further on (you can see the 3 or 4 chips i touched up in the pic above. they were right on the lip of the lower inner wheel well)
Thread Starter
Launching!
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 224
Likes: 0
From: Tinley Park IL.
i have found more rust under my paint. its the whole lip of the wheel well so im going ahead and getting it done by my guy. better to pay for it now then to pay a lot more down the line.
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 3,452
Likes: 3
From: somewhere that doesn't get snow
has your car been driven through a lot of northern winters? just curious because rust on these cars seems rare, but then again mine was a southern car all its life until 2007 and i stored it last winter and this winter.
Sometimes it doesn't need to have been winter, get a rock chip you don't notice after a while it'll rust.
My camaro has some rust there too, as well as the tops of the rocker panels due to messed up paint
I want to fix it (and a few other cosmetic issues) but its an old beat up v6 not sure if it is worth it! Probably needs an entire repaint.
My camaro has some rust there too, as well as the tops of the rocker panels due to messed up paint
I want to fix it (and a few other cosmetic issues) but its an old beat up v6 not sure if it is worth it! Probably needs an entire repaint.