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[Exie]

Hi Folks, I know this is probably not a very nice topic, but I've noticed some small rust spots developing on my 2000 OBK. Pics attached. Most appear on the roof, or the windscreen pillars. In full credit, its a 10yr old car, and mine seems to have done alot of dirt roads, but the spots are a bit un-sightly and I dont want them grow and get out of hand. On the flip side, I dont really want to spend 3-4K on a full rub back and respray. What do you think I should do ? I've thought about rubbing them back myself, drilling a 1mm hole and spraying inside with some kill-rust and bogging the hole up, spraying over, but that might be optimistic for a novice ?

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[buzzda]

I used rust converter on similar (but worse) spots on my old ute with success... I can't vouch for the longevity as I sold the ute 2 weeks later, but it came up alright!

[Soop]

Move inland. Maybe if you wish reeealllly hard it will just go away? Maybe a panel shop might be able to tell you what to do (or where to go?) Then again, Random internet posts should have a better idea.

[Exie]

Move inland.

Already there!

Maybe if you wish reeealllly hard it will just go away?

Maybe a panel shop might be able to tell you what to do (or where to go?)
Then again, Random internet posts should have a better idea.

Thanks, not very helpful, but thanks. I do feel better after wasting your time reading/writing that.

[Adam]

Move inland.

Maybe if you wish reeealllly hard it will just go away?

Maybe a panel shop might be able to tell you what to do (or where to go?)
Then again, Random internet posts should have a better idea.

Explain the point of this forum ol wise one.

No wonder this forum blows lately.

[skillionaire]

Hi, He is looking for a reaction, just ignore him. Have your settings so anyone with a neg on their post cannot be shown and you'll find this forum great. Cheers, Nik

[Adam]

oic, internet warrior. As for the Rust. Id suggest, if anything, Sanding that patch a bit bigger (the rust will have probably spread under the paint depending on how old it is) and trying to sand all the rust off. If its too much to sand, then rust convert. Then if it needs filling, hi fill promer will probably be enough for that, bog is going a bit far and will cause you more work. Then spray over. As far as drilling a hole, i personally wouldnt go that far, to me it looks like rusted stone chips.

[Dylan]

Good info, I've got no idea about rust stuff, so I am interested to hear how this goes!

[SAV84C]

oic, internet warrior.

As for the Rust.

Id suggest, if anything, Sanding that patch a bit bigger (the rust will have probably spread under the paint depending on how old it is) and trying to sand all the rust off. If its too much to sand, then rust convert.

Then if it needs filling, hi fill promer will probably be enough for that, bog is going a bit far and will cause you more work.

Then spray over.

As far as drilling a hole, i personally wouldnt go that far, to me it looks like rusted stone chips.

I asked my brother about this and he said the exact same thing...

[Adam]

Owning minis and a moke ive had some practice with rust

I have been lucky to only get rust like this:



On my current project, and i just got the thing sand blasted. But obviously it wouldnt be viable to do that in your situation