2G How bad is my rust? Anything that needs to be done urgently?

[Fomks]

Hi everyone, I got under my car for the first time and noticed some rust, I wanted to ask if there is anything that obviously needs to be fixed ASAP. To me it looks like everything needs to be replaced, to be honest, but I figured that's an overreaction.

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[jdxnc]

That is mint compared to Canadian standards.

 

[miliman13]

Most of it can be sand blasted and repainted. The rocker area looks like it has been covered in something, to mask the extent of the damage.

But your definitely going to need to cut the rust out.

This is what I recently did hope it helps as a reference.

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You just keep cutting until there’s no more rust, then reshape new metal 20-22 gauge
And replace. Moisture gets trapped between the layers of sheet metal.

 

[Fomks]

That is mint compared to Canadian standards.

You haven’t seen my strut towers yet

 

[SixBolt_16G]

You haven’t seen my strut towers yet

I was gonna ask about those
So far, not bad compared to Rustoleum Rejects we have around Chicago.

 

[Fomks]

I was gonna ask about those

Nice and crusty, but I already knew about that, just saving enough money to get it fixed...:

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[SixBolt_16G]

Nice and crusty, but I already knew about that, just saving enough money to get it fixed...:

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We've seen far worse around here. Yours isnt swiss cheese and has its natural paint color.

 

[99dsmer4g63]

Strut towers look to have been “fixed” before already.

-Daniel

 

[jesse12345]

To me the strut towers are the easiest part to fix for rust on these cars. I'm in the process of fixing some nasty rust.

 

[Fomks]

To me the strut towers are the easiest part to fix for rust on these cars. I'm in the process of fixing some nasty rust.

Sadly can’t weld or shape metal for shit, have 0 experience with any of that, so I’m having someone do it for me for a ton of cash (~3k)

 

[jesse12345]

Understandable. If you were closer I wouldn't mind doing it for you.

 

[miliman13]

Sadly can’t weld or shape metal for shit, have 0 experience with any of that

Yeah same - still tried, worked out.