Rust Opinion

I just sold an 01 LC because of some rust and I wanted an 06+ for the new transmission and more power. Found an 07 470 for a decent price but I ran the carfax and it spent the first 10 years of its life in NY/NJ. I asked the seller about rust and they said “mostly surface rust”. I’d like to look at it but it’s 3 hours drive one way. Hate to get out there and be in a similar boat as my 01

Thoughts on if the rust pictured is anything to worry about? Can’t really tell if it’s been coated underneath, I didn’t think so.

 

[Asanka]

Looks great from rust belt standards and ok from Texas.

 

[nikoli]

Those pics are obviously showing good condition.

I can empathize with your situation as I am in the midst of the same thing… moving on from a rusty 100 that came from the east coast.

I was tempted to buy some other 100s that had spent time in same areas… similar “surface rust only” claims by sellers… but I kept looking and wound up with an LX that spent its entire life in Atlanta. It’s so clean underneath I could cry.

 

[MountaineerLC]

That vehicle is rust free, IMO.

 

[NE Snowman]

Looks good to me

 

[katchup]

what rust? lol

 

[TheLCProject]

Pretty clean in my opinion, but it's not perfect. The photo 20 of 22 has some rust on the body and one of the seams. I'd get that treated as best.as possible, but otherwise it's decent.

 

[Russell2U]

Thanks for all the replies, it had some rust on the AHC system it looks like but I think that was the worst of it. 07 with 180k miles no accidents, purchased this afternoon for 14.5k. Paint/body is in amazing shape.

 

[TheLCProject]

Congrats! Looks good!