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Porygon · 07-03-2017, 12:50 AM

How much will it cost to fix? Anyone have/had this problem? Car only has 33k miles!

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Turdinator · 07-03-2017, 12:56 AM

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How much will it cost to fix? Anyone have/had this problem? Car only has 33k miles!

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You don't fix rusty exhausts, you replace them. Personally i would wait until it rusts through and get an aftermarket stainless steel exhaust. Do you live near a beach by chance?

Porygon · 07-03-2017, 01:00 AM

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You don't fix rusty exhausts, you replace them. Personally i would wait until it rusts through and get an aftermarket stainless steel exhaust. Do you live near a beach by chance?

No. The previous owner bought it in NY.

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Turdinator · 07-03-2017, 01:04 AM

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No. The previous owner bought it in NY.

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I am from Australia so don't have personal experience but I am told the when they salt the roads in places like NY it rusts the crap out of exhausts.

Ultramaroon · 07-03-2017, 01:07 AM

Yeah, that's rustbelt for sure. Usually people from New York find used cars from California.

Lots of people unloading their stock exhausts. Just hang out here and you're bound to run across someone who needs to make some room in their garage.

Overdrive · 07-03-2017, 01:12 AM

If you don't have any holes in the exhaust due to the rust, then there's nothing to fix. If the rusty appearance bothers you (which I can only imagine it does if you spend a lot of time underneath the car seeing it) then you can replace it, but there's no point in trying to fix what's there. The same money you'd spend on getting the surface rust cleaned up could be spent on replacing it with a new factory or aftermarket exhaust.

Where you should be more concerned is if there is any similar or worse corrosion on the other parts under the car that make up the suspension and chassis. Fasteners and whatnot under there can rust up badly enough that they'll never be able to be loosened.

dutchman1 · 07-03-2017, 01:18 AM

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If you don't have any holes in the exhaust due to the rust, then there's nothing to fix. If the rusty appearance bothers you (which I can only imagine it does if you spend a lot of time underneath the car seeing it) then you can replace it, but there's no point in trying to fix what's there. The same money you'd spend on getting the surface rust cleaned up could be spent on replacing it with a new factory or aftermarket exhaust.

Where you should be more concerned is if there is any similar or worse corrosion on the other parts under the car that make up the suspension and chassis. Fasteners and whatnot under there can rust up badly enough that they'll never be able to be loosened.

This.

Exhaust rust is a given, they're made out of mild steel and heat/cool a lot.

Nothing too worry about til you start getting holes, which you're a loooooong way away from.

Tcoat · 07-03-2017, 01:21 AM

Around here that looks pristine. It may rust through in 20 years or so now that it is in California.
Don't panic over fasteners and such. They will rust but it is rare that they get so bad it is an issue. If you plan on having the car for a few decades then you may want to clean them up.

soulreapersteve · 07-03-2017, 01:24 AM

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Yeah, that's rustbelt for sure. Usually people from New York find used cars from California.

Lots of people unloading their stock exhausts. Just hang out here and you're bound to run across someone who needs to make some room in their garage.

What this guy said.

You'll be able to find stock exhausts for 50 bucks.. sometimes people will give them away for free to clear up space!

Tcoat · 07-03-2017, 01:37 AM

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What this guy said.

You'll be able to find stock exhausts for 50 bucks.. sometimes people will give them away for free to clear up space!

He can have mine but the shipping would be murder. It never left the dealer with it on and even comes packaged in a TRD box.

soulreapersteve · 07-03-2017, 01:44 AM

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He can have mine but the shipping would be murder. It never left the dealer with it on and even comes packaged in a TRD box.

Put it up on CL. Someone will buy it. (Or come haul it away!)

Tcoat · 07-03-2017, 01:57 AM

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Put it up on CL. Someone will buy it. (Or come haul it away!)

But some day it may be a collectors item.

Porygon · 07-03-2017, 02:00 AM

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He can have mine but the shipping would be murder. It never left the dealer with it on and even comes packaged in a TRD box.

How much do you think shipping will cost?

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FRS Justin · 07-03-2017, 02:05 AM

its really a question of how much you want to spend... I would be more worried about the actual car than the exhaust. I would start pulling the fender well plastic and going over the body and suspension cleaning, primering, and painting.

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