Yaris Rust Repair Questions

[GrayYaris]

Rust does suck! My first and previous car was from NC for most its life and it never had a bit of rust on the body. It looked great until the day a donated it... damn Dodge Intrepids!.

Thanks for the quick replies guys!

beaker what are your thoughts on rust inhibitor to protect the bare body?

Not that I know anything about body work, but why would the rust come back if I have completely removed it from the body and then protected the bare metal?

Thanks again everyone

[beaker]

Originally Posted by GrayYaris

Rust does suck! My first and previous car was from NC for most its life and it never had a bit of rust on the body. It looked great until the day a donated it... damn Dodge Intrepids!.

Thanks for the quick replies guys!

beaker what are your thoughts on rust inhibitor to protect the bare body?

Not that I know anything about body work, but why would the rust come back if I have completely removed it from the body and then protected the bare metal?

Thanks again everyone

I've used a rust inhibitor before, but it was on a frame. I seemed to work well, but I also live in the south, so we don't have the corrosion problems that northern cars experience. it was something like this:

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-rust-converter.html

Once rust gets into metal, it's always there, that's why a lot of products you will read about are "encapsulators" or "sealers." The product isn't getting rid of the rust, but rather "protecting it" from exposure to rust causing elements. If any moisture penetrates the coating you put over a previously infected area, it will just come back. Especially, with where it is on your car, the wheel well, which gets pounded daily with corrosive stuff like salt from what they put on the roads up there.

Again, to totally get rid of it, the infected area needs to be cut out and replaced. I guess it really depends on how long you are planning on keeping the car. If it's just a few more years, do the quick repair. If it's longer than that, get it fixed professionally.

Just my 2cents.