anyone else surprised by rust?
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anyone else surprised by rust?
I purchased a new white 2010 base 11/10 in southern california
I washed it semi regularly, maybe once a month but the weather here has always been good.
I decided to 'detail' the car recently and there is 'rail dust' everywhere on the rear portion of the car, it's insane. Also given that cars come through either a port that is 45 or 2 hours away I highly doubt it was ever on a train.
I have since been going through and claybar'ing all the spots but man it's a PITA there are probably a hundred of these spots.
After I thought the worste was over I inspected the Hatch Drain Plug area
http://www.hondapartsnow.com/diagram...ate-470120.png
#27 in that diagram, they are 2 little rubber/plastic squares at the bottom of the hatch. They had quite a bit of rust and it looks like it is beyond environmental rust and is likely under the paint. I am going to sand them down naval jelly, etch primer and repaint the sections ... but yeesh it's a 7 month old car in the sunniest spot of America.
My volvo was 12 years old when I sold it, had some front end damage that I never bothered to paint over or treat and I never saw a single spot of rust on it.
I would suggest you inspect the area under the rubber flaps on your hatch drain plugs.
Maybe I expect too much from the fit but I'm worried my loan payments may outlive it!
I used to think I wanted an Insight or CR-Z but imagine they would have almost identical build qualities.
I washed it semi regularly, maybe once a month but the weather here has always been good.
I decided to 'detail' the car recently and there is 'rail dust' everywhere on the rear portion of the car, it's insane. Also given that cars come through either a port that is 45 or 2 hours away I highly doubt it was ever on a train.
I have since been going through and claybar'ing all the spots but man it's a PITA there are probably a hundred of these spots.
After I thought the worste was over I inspected the Hatch Drain Plug area
http://www.hondapartsnow.com/diagram...ate-470120.png
#27 in that diagram, they are 2 little rubber/plastic squares at the bottom of the hatch. They had quite a bit of rust and it looks like it is beyond environmental rust and is likely under the paint. I am going to sand them down naval jelly, etch primer and repaint the sections ... but yeesh it's a 7 month old car in the sunniest spot of America.
My volvo was 12 years old when I sold it, had some front end damage that I never bothered to paint over or treat and I never saw a single spot of rust on it.
I would suggest you inspect the area under the rubber flaps on your hatch drain plugs.
Maybe I expect too much from the fit but I'm worried my loan payments may outlive it!
I used to think I wanted an Insight or CR-Z but imagine they would have almost identical build qualities.
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I purchased a new white 2010 base 11/10 in southern california
I washed it semi regularly, maybe once a month but the weather here has always been good.
I decided to 'detail' the car recently and there is 'rail dust' everywhere on the rear portion of the car, it's insane. Also given that cars come through either a port that is 45 or 2 hours away I highly doubt it was ever on a train.
I have since been going through and claybar'ing all the spots but man it's a PITA there are probably a hundred of these spots.
After I thought the worste was over I inspected the Hatch Drain Plug area
http://www.hondapartsnow.com/diagram...ate-470120.png
#27 in that diagram, they are 2 little rubber/plastic squares at the bottom of the hatch. They had quite a bit of rust and it looks like it is beyond environmental rust and is likely under the paint. I am going to sand them down naval jelly, etch primer and repaint the sections ... but yeesh it's a 7 month old car in the sunniest spot of America.
My volvo was 12 years old when I sold it, had some front end damage that I never bothered to paint over or treat and I never saw a single spot of rust on it.
I would suggest you inspect the area under the rubber flaps on your hatch drain plugs.
Maybe I expect too much from the fit but I'm worried my loan payments may outlive it! I used to think I wanted an Insight or CR-Z but imagine they would have almost identical build qualities.
I washed it semi regularly, maybe once a month but the weather here has always been good.
I decided to 'detail' the car recently and there is 'rail dust' everywhere on the rear portion of the car, it's insane. Also given that cars come through either a port that is 45 or 2 hours away I highly doubt it was ever on a train.
I have since been going through and claybar'ing all the spots but man it's a PITA there are probably a hundred of these spots.
After I thought the worste was over I inspected the Hatch Drain Plug area
http://www.hondapartsnow.com/diagram...ate-470120.png
#27 in that diagram, they are 2 little rubber/plastic squares at the bottom of the hatch. They had quite a bit of rust and it looks like it is beyond environmental rust and is likely under the paint. I am going to sand them down naval jelly, etch primer and repaint the sections ... but yeesh it's a 7 month old car in the sunniest spot of America.
My volvo was 12 years old when I sold it, had some front end damage that I never bothered to paint over or treat and I never saw a single spot of rust on it.
I would suggest you inspect the area under the rubber flaps on your hatch drain plugs.
Maybe I expect too much from the fit but I'm worried my loan payments may outlive it!
I used to think I wanted an Insight or CR-Z but imagine they would have almost identical build qualities.At the very least take it in and have it documented before you make repairs.
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my faith has been somewhat restored, after even more time with the claybar the drain plug areas appear to have cleaned up. most likely whatever caused the 'rail dust' collected in these areas and resulted in quite the rusty mess, but the underlying paint is ok. now i just have to destroy all the random specks!
... this is probably a downside of having a white car lol
... this is probably a downside of having a white car lol
yea i think it's because your car's white that you notice the rusted contaminants in the paint - i only notice it on white cars too.
and i see you're in santa barbara, CA. are you near the coast? if you are, that could be why the contaminants rusted so quickly.
but anyway, specks of rust embedded in the paint are not a problem like actual rust on the body.
and i see you're in santa barbara, CA. are you near the coast? if you are, that could be why the contaminants rusted so quickly.
but anyway, specks of rust embedded in the paint are not a problem like actual rust on the body.
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Instead of claybaring, try this?
YouTube - CarPro's Iron X in use
YouTube - CarPro's Iron X in use
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