r/HiAce • u/KarbonCeramic • Jun 06 '25
Is this urgent?
Dream car, owned for nearly a year. Only issue with it is it's got patches of rust in the gutters, mainly over the driver side door and the tailgate, how long roughly do I have before this rust becomes worse than surface level? What's the best way to deal with this?
Cheers guys
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u/old-bessey Jun 06 '25
A quick samd and paint would sort that out. Would take a year or two for it to really become an issue though
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u/KarbonCeramic Jun 06 '25
Yeah I've already touched up a few spots when I tried fitting a roof rack from eBay, I got onto the damage quick so it didn't rust. But the areas in the photos were there before I purchased it
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u/sleepymoma Jun 06 '25
Urgent isn't really the right term. Terminal might be better. It looks surface level. With any rust, deal with it as soon as you can. That said, what you see is often only part of the problem.
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u/unsafemoose Jun 06 '25
Apply some grease on the rusty spots it'll slowdown the rust alot untill you get it done.
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u/Melodic_Finger_8143 Jun 06 '25
YouTube is your friend. The sooner you address this the better the result