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View Poll Results: Your rust receipts add up to:
Less than $100, I do all the work myself.
25.00%
$100 to $500, cutting and pasting sheetmetal isn't cheap.
9.62%
More than $500, I let the pros do the work.
7.69%
$0, horrible rust here, I'll be fixing that soon.
11.54%
$0, my car has never seen any rust, or it was already fixed when I bought it.
44.23%
Hard to tell the cash value, I traded shells (or cars) to rid myself of rust.
5.77%
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How much have you spent on RUST repair?

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Old 05-15-05, 12:38 PM
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Here's pics of my rust:

Roof of the 83:


Hatch of the 83:


Driver's floor of the 83 (I should have sprayed paint on here more than once after removing the tar):


Rear fender of the 83 - clean and rust-free:


Rear fender of the 85 - also clean and rust-free. This is the car I just traded up to:
Old 05-15-05, 04:42 PM
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I dare any of the "Zero-rust" guys to pull their rear right taillight and stick a flashlight in there and have a look-see. My Southern California "dry", garage-queen 64K mi. 80 RX looked like this in there... (pic)
Just cause you don't see it doesn't mean you ain't got it
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Old 05-22-05, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 7aull
I dare any of the "Zero-rust" guys to pull their rear right taillight and stick a flashlight in there and have a look-see. My Southern California "dry", garage-queen 64K mi. 80 RX looked like this in there... (pic)
Just cause you don't see it doesn't mean you ain't got it
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I checked mine, they were clean except for the buildup of lost hardware.
Old 05-22-05, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 7aull
I dare any of the "Zero-rust" guys to pull their rear right taillight and stick a flashlight in there and have a look-see. My Southern California "dry", garage-queen 64K mi. 80 RX looked like this in there... (pic)
Just cause you don't see it doesn't mean you ain't got it
Stu Aull
80 GS
Alaska
thats gotta be from the power antenna...i'll be changing mine out soon so i'll take a pic and post it prob next weekend...
Old 05-29-05, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 7aull
I dare any of the "Zero-rust" guys to pull their rear right taillight and stick a flashlight in there and have a look-see. My Southern California "dry", garage-queen 64K mi. 80 RX looked like this in there... (pic)
Just cause you don't see it doesn't mean you ain't got it
Stu Aull
80 GS
Alaska
no rust

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Old 05-29-05, 05:33 PM
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I think I'm going to cry now.
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