Ugh...rust spots on trunk lid...what to do?
#1
Ugh...rust spots on trunk lid...what to do?
Awww crap.
I just noticed this afternoon that surrounding the inside drivers side spoiler joint, on the trunk lid itself (right around the little rubber gasket in between the spoiler foot and the trunk lid), I've got some minor rust bubbling in the paint. WTF? I'm surprised I didn't see it before - when I wash my car (about once a week), I spend a little time making sure all those feet are nice and dry so they don't drip. So these have appeared relatively recently, definitely in the year I've had the car.
That seems like a common place for lots of cars with spoilers to accumulate water, etc. So why did mine rust out? Well, more importantly, you guys have any ideas what I should do from this point?
Methinks this isn't going to be a cheap/easy one.
I just noticed this afternoon that surrounding the inside drivers side spoiler joint, on the trunk lid itself (right around the little rubber gasket in between the spoiler foot and the trunk lid), I've got some minor rust bubbling in the paint. WTF? I'm surprised I didn't see it before - when I wash my car (about once a week), I spend a little time making sure all those feet are nice and dry so they don't drip. So these have appeared relatively recently, definitely in the year I've had the car.
That seems like a common place for lots of cars with spoilers to accumulate water, etc. So why did mine rust out? Well, more importantly, you guys have any ideas what I should do from this point?
Methinks this isn't going to be a cheap/easy one.
#2
Re: Ugh...rust spots on trunk lid...what to do?
Originally posted by blizz20oma
Awww crap.
I just noticed this afternoon that surrounding the inside drivers side spoiler joint, on the trunk lid itself (right around the little rubber gasket in between the spoiler foot and the trunk lid), I've got some minor rust bubbling in the paint. WTF? I'm surprised I didn't see it before - when I wash my car (about once a week), I spend a little time making sure all those feet are nice and dry so they don't drip. So these have appeared relatively recently, definitely in the year I've had the car.
That seems like a common place for lots of cars with spoilers to accumulate water, etc. So why did mine rust out? Well, more importantly, you guys have any ideas what I should do from this point?
Methinks this isn't going to be a cheap/easy one.
Awww crap.
I just noticed this afternoon that surrounding the inside drivers side spoiler joint, on the trunk lid itself (right around the little rubber gasket in between the spoiler foot and the trunk lid), I've got some minor rust bubbling in the paint. WTF? I'm surprised I didn't see it before - when I wash my car (about once a week), I spend a little time making sure all those feet are nice and dry so they don't drip. So these have appeared relatively recently, definitely in the year I've had the car.
That seems like a common place for lots of cars with spoilers to accumulate water, etc. So why did mine rust out? Well, more importantly, you guys have any ideas what I should do from this point?
Methinks this isn't going to be a cheap/easy one.
#4
under warranty still?
Originally posted by BOZOnPJs
you can get a new trunk lid painted for a couple of hundred.. just wait till the rust gets bad.. go to a junk yard and get yourself a new lid with a spoiler preferably same color!
you can get a new trunk lid painted for a couple of hundred.. just wait till the rust gets bad.. go to a junk yard and get yourself a new lid with a spoiler preferably same color!
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