Rust help/questions

[Lemonbishop]

Hi all,

I am looking at a California truck that is basically rust free, but it has three small areas where rust is bubbling up from under the paint. The truck lives near the ocean.

The spots are at the rear hatch- at the bottom of the window
Where the windshield meets the roof
Where one of the rack towers meets the roof.

It is clean underneath. It has always been a CA truck.

Questions: is this a lurking cancer [like an iceburg]? Are these areas easy or expensive to have fixed? Or, are these not a big deal, if addressed?

It is otherwise a solid looking truck, with good amount of mileage, etc.

Thanks for any input

 

[bhsdriller]

all of these are probably the 3 most common areas.....at least the roof rack and rear hatch area are.

Should be fixed but that also depends how bad. If you can see it around the rear window it can be bad sometimes.
Search as there are multiple threads on all of these..