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Originally Posted by MaxCrowe
Hi i know this is a hella old post, but do you remember what your rust situation was/is like?
thanks.
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Rust 2014 FRS
Lower body is treated and even chips only really get surface rust.
Front fender chip/ding after 230,000kms/6 years winter driven. Little surface rust no spread or bubbling. The lower body from the bottom of the windows down is very rust resistant.
Can hardly see it on the front fender
Roof is a different matter! Careless window scrapping causing small chips resulted in bubbled and spread in a matter of weeks.
Thin paint or unpainted surfaces under the car can be nasty!
Looks bad but just surface really.
Lightly painted tin part of seal (just barely in pic at bottom) almost completely gone.
Properly painted areas still pristine. Can see the still untreated spot on the fender at 7 years of age.
And finally the big one! Oil pan actually rusted through to the point of leaking. I have seen better on cars that sat on their belly in a field for 20 years.
All in all rust is a mixed bag with the lower body and shell being very rust resistant but many of the unpainted or lightly painted mechanical and suspension parts and the roof being susceptible.