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Cat Man HHR 01-21-2019 11:58 AM

Body rot locations
 
I see people posting their high mileage.
But I would like to know:
1) Your total mileage
2) Location
3) How much rot has developed on your car and where.

Doc brown 01-21-2019 12:43 PM

2006 LT2, 157,000, SE Wisconsin, bubbling above right rear wheel, bubbling above center of beauty bar, along bottom edge of tailgate, bottom edge of right rear door. nothing is rotted through. Yet.

JAN67 01-21-2019 12:56 PM

2009 LS, 97,000 miles, NE Ohio. Like Doc Brown, I'm getting the bubbling over the right rear wheel opening. I also have some peeling paint and oxidation where the stone guard decals are on the rear doors, and the standard rust on the lower inside edge of the front doors. That's really about it. Nothing has rotted through yet. I was under it over the holidays while changing the water pump and it looks pretty good below deck, but the fuel lines are pretty cruddy. I'll have to have that done soon enough.

Oldblue 01-21-2019 01:18 PM

2007 LS, 250,000 miles, Great White North. I replaced both rear quarter panels and at 6 years old, I had the four doors and the rear lift gate seams sodablasted seam sealed, Por15, painted.
This is the longest I’ve owned a car without major corrosion, and yes the fuel lines. The vapour line had a few pin holes but I changed both lines.

Cat Man HHR 01-21-2019 01:20 PM

This is good info so far. Looks like there may be a pattern to problem areas in salt/moisture parts of the country.

Ohiocruiser 01-21-2019 01:21 PM

2010 with 112k miles from NE Ohio. No rust. But it is costing me a lot of time.

Greybeard999 01-21-2019 02:52 PM

Inside bottoms of the doors, nothing showing outside. I re-did the door issue this summer and it's parked during the winters now.

Another area to check that's not really "body rust through" The rear bumper, not the plastic cover, but the actual steel bumper under the cover is toast on mine from road salt and it's not an easy area to clean or inspect. Possibly a lot of north east guys don't even know how bad theirs are, it's easily overlooked..

LVJJJ 01-30-2019 08:54 AM

1. 132,000
2. Blaine WA, Pacific NW
3. None (we don't get a lot of snow and roads are never salted)

speedwagen 01-31-2019 03:08 PM

105,000 mi 2008
Bottom lip inside of front doors.
and the fuel line rusted out.

Krunk 02-04-2019 08:40 PM

About 189,000 or so.No holes yet, but I have rust streaks coming from the handle area of the hatch. The insides from the front doors. Between the rear wheel well and rear doors. Between the front wheel well and front door on driver side.
2006 screwball model


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