Body rot locations
01-21-2019, 12:56 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: 09-11-2014
Location: Cleveland, OH
Posts: 129
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.
01-21-2019, 01:18 PM
#4
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Join Date: 10-13-2011
Location: Welland,Ont Canada
Posts: 36,514
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.
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.
01-21-2019, 02:52 PM
#7
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Join Date: 03-06-2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 6,869
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..
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..
02-04-2019, 08:40 PM
#10
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Join Date: 10-18-2013
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 77
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
2006 screwball model