Hey all,
Thought I'd introduce myself here. I spend most of my time over on the 60-series forum, although we've had the 100 series for a lot longer. We bought the 100 series in 2009 from my in-laws and it's been a great car, and actually we just got through our first real trial, aside from the odd repair here and there. This had been a CA car, and we took it to Chicago, and then to DC, so it's seen some pretty serious weather/salt in the last 7 years. Unfortunately, the windshield had been repaired in Cali, before we took possession and had developed rust issues, then a crack in the windshield (unrelated I think).
I got a great tech from safelight who agreed to pull the window and let me do my thing, then he came back after he was done with his other jobs and finished up, stayed at my place until well after 8PM.
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The worst of it was along the passenger side, lots of black rust up and down it.... Driver's side was totally fine, and the top actually wasn't bad either, just surface rust.
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Here's what it looked like after getting hit with a wire brush... Not good, basically wasn't sure if I there was going to be metal gone in places after I was done grinding it away, but there's only one way to find out.
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This was pretty much at the end, and I was starting to get nervous that I'd get through the sheet metal if I went after the pitting any more than this. When the tech came back he said I had gotten all I needed ground off and the rust converter they used would have no problem catching the little stuff.
There were a couple parts where the rust went up above the stripping, lucky for me the converter he used was super close to the color of the car, so I'm just gonna leave it, this ain't no show car.
Anyways, I have no way of knowing, but the first recommendation was to take it to a body shop and let them take care of the window and I can't imagine I would have gotten away paying less than a grand or so. All told here, it was a couple hundred for the window, $40 for a respirator mask I was going to buy anyway, and about $10 of grinding wheels for my dremel. Not too bad, I'd say!
This was my first stab at any kind of body work and I definitely read as many posts on this forum before I gave it a shot, so thanks to everyone for the help.
Thought I'd introduce myself here. I spend most of my time over on the 60-series forum, although we've had the 100 series for a lot longer. We bought the 100 series in 2009 from my in-laws and it's been a great car, and actually we just got through our first real trial, aside from the odd repair here and there. This had been a CA car, and we took it to Chicago, and then to DC, so it's seen some pretty serious weather/salt in the last 7 years. Unfortunately, the windshield had been repaired in Cali, before we took possession and had developed rust issues, then a crack in the windshield (unrelated I think).
I got a great tech from safelight who agreed to pull the window and let me do my thing, then he came back after he was done with his other jobs and finished up, stayed at my place until well after 8PM.
20160922_114508.png
The worst of it was along the passenger side, lots of black rust up and down it.... Driver's side was totally fine, and the top actually wasn't bad either, just surface rust.
20160922_115237.png
Here's what it looked like after getting hit with a wire brush... Not good, basically wasn't sure if I there was going to be metal gone in places after I was done grinding it away, but there's only one way to find out.
20160922_131552.png
This was pretty much at the end, and I was starting to get nervous that I'd get through the sheet metal if I went after the pitting any more than this. When the tech came back he said I had gotten all I needed ground off and the rust converter they used would have no problem catching the little stuff.
There were a couple parts where the rust went up above the stripping, lucky for me the converter he used was super close to the color of the car, so I'm just gonna leave it, this ain't no show car.
Anyways, I have no way of knowing, but the first recommendation was to take it to a body shop and let them take care of the window and I can't imagine I would have gotten away paying less than a grand or so. All told here, it was a couple hundred for the window, $40 for a respirator mask I was going to buy anyway, and about $10 of grinding wheels for my dremel. Not too bad, I'd say!
This was my first stab at any kind of body work and I definitely read as many posts on this forum before I gave it a shot, so thanks to everyone for the help.
