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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 01:06 PM
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Do you have any rust?

While waxing my 07 SS yesterday I noticed a few spots where rust is starting to form:

-On the driver side wheel well lip, the paint is starting to bubble.
-On the passenger side rocker panel, there are a few spots where the paint is beginning to bubble.
-Theres a few spots in the trunk jamb where the paint is starting to bubble up
-Paint on the bottom of both doors is worn away, surface rust beginning to form.
-Muffler has a hole in it from rust

Anyone else with rust issues?
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 01:21 PM
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lower portion of my drivers side door rusted on the OUTSIDE door skin in 4 places, the painted areas on the inside of the door where it rub's the rubber seal I resprayed before that could happen. My fuel line's, both from the tank and the fill line, and the tank straps are rusted to the point of failure soon. And there are a few various places behind the front bumper that are missing black paint from the factory entirely along the radiator support that has begun to rust.
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 01:40 PM
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I keep my car heavily detailed in the summer months, and I've noticed bubbling of the paint from the inside of the hood where the contour is on the drivers side, underneath where the pinch welds are/jackpoints, and wherever it's scraped underneath. I spray my internist and wheel wells out once a month in the winter.
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 01:49 PM
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So glad I don't have to deal with snow....
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 01:54 PM
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So glad I don't have to deal with snow....
Skiing is fun
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 02:09 PM
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My hood is rusting from inside out. Paint at the bottom of the drivers door started peeling off down to the metal after 4 years. When I took it into gm expecting it to be fixed under warrantee I was told the warrantee was only for rust through. Apparently there is no guarantee that the paint will stick to the metal to prevent rusting:wtf
Between that and the cracked flex pipe that they wouldn't fix because the cat is covered under warrantee but the flex isn't you can bet this will be my last gm. They replace them as a single unit and by welding on a new flex they told me I would be voiding the emission warrantee for the cat.
They may think that because it's just a cheap cobalt that they don't have pay to much attention to their clients but our other vehicle is an 05 envoy xl slt. When it gets replaced we will be looking somewhere else to spend $50,000 on a new truck.

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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 02:55 PM
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I too have that on the bottom outside of my driver door, there's a spot about half the size of a quarter where the paint is just gone.
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 04:47 PM
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Same here, small spot on the bottom outside edge of the drivers door, started off as a small ding.
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 05:21 PM
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good to know these car's are made out of old beer can's just like honda's lol
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 07:28 AM
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zero rust on mine.

No winter driving though
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 08:03 AM
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I too have the door rubs. I keep the jambs spotless so no rust there.
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 08:58 AM
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At least they don't just ******* rot like grand prix's do.
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 09:37 AM
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True. I remember a buddy's mom had one, thing resembled swiss cheese.
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 10:48 AM
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a bit of superficial rust on the lower inside door from rubbing the rubber, I'm just going to fix that up before it gets any further and put a strip of white vinyl along the bottom inside door so the paint doesn't rub anymore, worked wonders for my old black cobalt
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 01:47 PM
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I'm going to por 15 and repaint the problem areas one of these days.
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 01:59 PM
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No rust on mine, but we dont salt here. just sand
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 02:30 PM
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Rust on rear metal bumper support only ...Complete outside and underside is flawless...Esp for an 06 in Canada...It's her second winter too....But I told myself if i see one bubble or anything.... I will start saving for plasti dip lol
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 02:35 PM
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I have some rust from my suicide door rubbing on the door jam. both sides. I really need to take care of that before it gets any worst.
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 05:51 PM
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No rust yet that i have spotted, thankfully. but i'm starting to see clear coat peel on my trunk.
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 05:55 PM
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Lucky me, i get rain probably 60% of the year (PNW) and i have no rust on my '06 yet.

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Rust on rear metal bumper support only ...Complete outside and underside is flawless...Esp for an 06 in Canada...It's her second winter too....But I told myself if i see one bubble or anything.... I will start saving for plasti dip lol
Agree, especially for the price to dip your whole car. cheap as HELL compared to painting. have you thought about any wraps? they look pretty damn nice wrapped too.

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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 03:10 PM
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None here.
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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Olybaltss
Lucky me, i get rain probably 60% of the year (PNW) and i have no rust on my '06 yet.



Agree, especially for the price to dip your whole car. cheap as HELL compared to painting. have you thought about any wraps? they look pretty damn nice wrapped too.

Yea I looked into it, But the main reason why I like the dip idea is if I don't like the colour I can change it and I have more experience with painting than wrapping and its cheap like you said lol

But some wrap are pretty cool don't get me wrong!

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Old Dec 3, 2014 | 10:33 PM
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Bump. Salt is on the roads so this is only going to get more interesting.
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Old Dec 4, 2014 | 01:32 AM
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I've spray my vehicles with Krown just before winter and they look perfect underneath. Haven't noticed it on the body anywhere.
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Old Dec 4, 2014 | 10:34 AM
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I've got rust near my hood latch on the actual hood, otherwise the car is pretty good everywhere.
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