God damn Ohio

[pagluy]

Found this on my trunk the other day.

Seems like rust is a pretty common issue around these rubber gaskets that hold our chrome on. I saw several LS' with the paint bubbling in this area when I was shopping for this car.

My boss has a 2000 TownCar that was also rusting around the rubber gasketed areas about 6-7 years after he got it. My '03 LS didn't have any rust or bubbling at all.

Luckily, it's a small area. It is also bubbling on the underside of the trunk tho.

 

[Bullschmidt]

I have some minor bubbling in the same spot. Not as bad yet though fortunately. Good to know this is a common issue, wasn't aware of that

I agree Ohio winters suck Luckily for me I'm a little south of you (Portage) and I can leave my car parked under cover and take the bus if needed

 

[pektel]

I have the same thing on mine. shop quoted me 325 to refinish the whole trunk.

 

[NYC LS8]

I had that same little bubbling problem on mine, too.

 

[M4rk]

+1. That's why I debadged mine and touched it up.

 

[Jimmy G]

Put one of these on mine.
http://www.counteractrust.com/
We shall see how well it works.

 

[SoonerLS]

TSB 04-25-1 addresses this issue; apparently, the problem is caused by iron contamination of the aluminum panel(s). Here's a copy of the TSB on PPG's site: http://www.ppg.com/coatings/refinis...info_aluminumPanelsCorrosionTip_tsb062515.pdf

 

[taylor414ce2003]

Not so sure about that counter act stuff but I have used similar marine products that work great,turns rust black and back into metal I will post the brand later

as far as the bubbling/Rust I am thinking there is a drain hole that is getting plugged?

 

[pagluy]

I know a good body shop, I still expect this to cost $200-300 to fix. Looked around the car and didn't see any other spots.

I've looked at about 3 dozen LS' in the past few years of searching for cars, and I noticed this issue on several of them. I looked at two cars that are the color of what I've got, and they were both doing it.

 

[JMT03LSV8]

Mine's doing the same thing only on the passenger side of the rear surround. Have one spot on the front edge of hood and a couple spots on the bottom side of the hood, knowing that the hood is aluminum, it doesn't bother me near as much.

 

[pektel]

Read that TSB. Some aluminum panels were contaminated with iron particles before painting, eventually leading to the corrosion you see here.

 

[pektel]

not so sure about that counter act stuff but i have used similar marine products that work great,turns rust black and back into metal i will post the brand later
as far as the bubbling/rust i am thinking there is a drain hole that is getting plugged?

por15 I assume...

website: www.por15.com