Just as the title states. Has anyone (especially those of you that drive in the salt belt) experienced any kind of rust on their balt? What year/model is it? I'm just curious, I lost my 88 Z24 due to a rotten undercarriage and i'd hate to lose the cobalt to the same thing 20 years down the road.

 

buy a winter beater.. thats what I do.. just bought a 500$ accord.. and put 500 bucks into it.. gives you some time to mod the **** out of the balt to with no worries of time constraints..

 

Cobalts are painted underneith, Mine has survived its first winter with only rust being on the brakes and joints for the steering bar thing. (tie rods???)

Just rinse it off at the car wash when it gets salty. I carry $10 in quarters in the ash tray. My car only gets washed once at the begining of summer for its wax, and rinsed when its salty in the winter.

 

what year is the accord

well pretty much any car is painted underneith, and i think you should wash your car more than once a season

 

Well there is a such thing that is called rust proofing underneath i have it on my balt and my wifes jeep but i also drive the jeep in the winter

 

Most of the car is galvanized except for the roof I think. So it should never rust.

 

There are a number of commercial undercariage coatings available that you may want to look into (if you plan on keeping your Balt for a long time).
I'd shop around though and consult some comsumer reports data........because I'd bet there are some scams out there.

 

Cars will never be rust proof, The galvanizing and E-coat and undercoating and wax oil coatings all help. But nothing stops rust. The best thing anyone can do is keeping the car clean and avoid dirt build up in the wheel wells and undercarriage. Dirt holds moisture and that will eat the paint and galvanizing faster than anything else. Once the paint film fails say good bye to your car.

 

so true, and if any of you have done enough body work, you would realize how thin these coatings really are

 

...if the car was made of stainless steel, it wouldnt rust....werent DeLoreans stainless?

 

I'm pretty sure only the body panels were/are stainless steel. The underbody/frame were probably just conventional steel.

 

yeah a whole stainless car would be pretty damn pricey for sure

 

Actually I wash it once in the late spring, early summer, and rise it in the winter when it gets satly.

I have never seen water spots create rust, and if I had an SS, maybe I would wash it more often. I have never seen dirt caked in the wheel wells, the rain keeps them pretty clean. Whats the point of washing it when its just going to get water spotted the very next week?

 

Yeah de loreans are made of fiber glass with Stainless steel Skins. Or so my buddie claims and he owns one. With the stock engines (PRV6) they are dogs.

 

im sure an all metal car would weigh quite a lot...but they still looked pretty damn cool for their day...and still kinda do

 

These cars aren't old enough yet to have that kinda' problems yet! Salt takes years to start eating up metal, it's not a quick process!


But no, I had my 05 for a year no problems, I am going on 2 years with this one and still no problems!

 

Yep, I got rust a couple places, most notable in the engine bay of all places. 2005 SS/Sc. Funny I've had this for 2 years.....had my Cavalier for 8 and saw no rust on it at all.