3 years in, more than surface rust - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

DylanFRS · 08-22-2016, 08:24 AM

Anyone else having this problem?

I live in Wichita, it snows like twice a year here. Car is garaged every night. I have never sprayed down the engine bay.

Takumi788 · 08-22-2016, 08:26 AM

pic doesn't work

slicktop · 08-22-2016, 08:45 AM

Pull it up and check if it's migrated. That looks like the hood seal strip, which is removable. If that's the case, just buy another one.

I have some rust near my headlights in one of the bolt holes. Not too concerned as it's not near any panel that's not easily replaced.

RL_BRZ · 08-22-2016, 11:21 AM

Nope... No problem with my car... 3 yrs and 11 months already...

Yoshoobaroo · 08-22-2016, 11:31 AM

Yup, my hood seal strip was like that when I bought the car, way worse than yours, no rust underneath though.
just replace it (it's ~$15 IIRC) and spray some Boeshield T9 on the new one.

SLVRSRFR · 08-22-2016, 12:48 PM

Always keep an eye on the hood seal. Apparently these things are flimsy; I've seen cars with them all bunched up and crunched under the hood, or sticking out.

Mine was folded the one time after I closed the hood and I noticed the next day.

DylanFRS · 08-22-2016, 03:58 PM

So you're saying my hood seal is messed up which allowed water to get in and caused that under paint rust?

The hood seal looks fine when inspected. At this point I gotta clean up that rust as well. Not sure what the underside looks like.

SLVRSRFR · 08-22-2016, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DylanFRS

So you're saying my hood seal is messed up which allowed water to get in and caused that under paint rust?

The hood seal looks fine when inspected. At this point I gotta clean up that rust as well. Not sure what the underside looks like.

I'll admit I can't see your picture because I'm at work and the firewall blocked it.

I was just piggy-backing on previous comments regarding the hood seal, as I've seen multiple cars where it's all janked and probably not doing it's job properly.

Handey87 · 08-26-2016, 10:09 PM

It looks like the front bumper on your car has been removed and repainted. The texture on the bumper doesn't look factory and it looks like when that bolt was removed maybe some paint broke and it started corroding. It's just surface rust though, try removing the bolt and cleaning it up and dabbing some paint on there.

SubieSyncro · 09-03-2016, 08:10 AM

I was looking at a used 2013 BRZ for sale last week and saw the same rust spot. Seems like every car has a a few trouble spots. Maybe this is it for the BRZ and FRS.

Tcoat · 09-03-2016, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SubieSyncro

I was looking at a used 2013 BRZ for sale last week and saw the same rust spot. Seems like every car has a a few trouble spots. Maybe this is it for the BRZ and FRS.

You do realize that the spot is on a light tin bolt in part not the body of the car right? I do agree that most cars have a spot but we could be years away from knowing where it is.

DAEMANO · 09-06-2016, 04:14 PM

Totaled

DylanFRS · 09-06-2016, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DAEMANO

Totaled

It's not that it is "totaled", it is more of a worry of things to come. I figured when I posted this that I would get plenty of the "86-can-do-no-wrong"ers on here. Bubbly paint rust on a car after 3 years is pretty unacceptable in my opinion but we are all entitled to our own opinions.

Ultramaroon · 09-07-2016, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DylanFRS

It's not that it is "totaled", it is more of a worry of things to come. I figured when I posted this that I would get plenty of the "86-can-do-no-wrong"ers on here. Bubbly paint rust on a car after 3 years is pretty unacceptable in my opinion but we are all entitled to our own opinions.

How funny. I had mine apart and cleaned everything just yesterday. Plenty of inexpensive hardware on this car. The shoulder bolts are self tapping. They do rust into the clip so I suggest carefully backing them out. Reverse them a lot and use plenty of wd-40.

08-22-2016, 08:24 AM	#1
DylanFRS Lost in Kansas Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS (Raven) Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 662 Thanks: 359 Thanked 317 Times in 185 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	3 years in, more than surface rust Anyone else having this problem? I live in Wichita, it snows like twice a year here. Car is garaged every night. I have never sprayed down the engine bay. Last edited by DylanFRS; 08-22-2016 at 08:26 AM. Reason: Picture wasn't working.

08-22-2016, 08:45 AM	#3
slicktop Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Raven FRS 2JZ-GTE/V160 swapped Location: Hampton, VA Posts: 960 Thanks: 376 Thanked 623 Times in 315 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Pull it up and check if it's migrated. That looks like the hood seal strip, which is removable. If that's the case, just buy another one. I have some rust near my headlights in one of the bolt holes. Not too concerned as it's not near any panel that's not easily replaced. __________________ -slicktop 2013 Scion FRS 2JZ-GTE/V160 Swap Build Thread

08-22-2016, 11:21 AM	#4
RL_BRZ Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: BRZ WRB Pearl Limited Manual Location: Mays Landing, New Jersey Posts: 247 Thanks: 104 Thanked 40 Times in 35 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nope... No problem with my car... 3 yrs and 11 months already... __________________

08-22-2016, 12:48 PM	#6
SLVRSRFR Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Drives: 2013 BRZ 6MT, 2007 WRX Wagon 5MT Location: Caledon, Ontario Posts: 1,332 Thanks: 582 Thanked 534 Times in 377 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Always keep an eye on the hood seal. Apparently these things are flimsy; I've seen cars with them all bunched up and crunched under the hood, or sticking out. Mine was folded the one time after I closed the hood and I noticed the next day. __________________ @bpennerz

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08-22-2016, 03:58 PM	#7
DylanFRS Lost in Kansas Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS (Raven) Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 662 Thanks: 359 Thanked 317 Times in 185 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	So you're saying my hood seal is messed up which allowed water to get in and caused that under paint rust? The hood seal looks fine when inspected. At this point I gotta clean up that rust as well. Not sure what the underside looks like.

08-26-2016, 10:09 PM	#9
Handey87 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Drives: 2016 FR-S 6MT Location: Eastern North Carolina Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It looks like the front bumper on your car has been removed and repainted. The texture on the bumper doesn't look factory and it looks like when that bolt was removed maybe some paint broke and it started corroding. It's just surface rust though, try removing the bolt and cleaning it up and dabbing some paint on there.

09-03-2016, 08:10 AM	#10
SubieSyncro Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Drives: 1989 VW Vanagon Syncro Location: Slippery Rock Posts: 11 Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I was looking at a used 2013 BRZ for sale last week and saw the same rust spot. Seems like every car has a a few trouble spots. Maybe this is it for the BRZ and FRS.

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