Underbody Rust on LX570....

[tonyholland00]

Hello looking at reasonably priced LX570 and see significant rusting. Walk, Run or Sprint away from this vehicle?



Thanks

 

[manofthewoods]

Hello looking at reasonably priced LX570 and see significant rusting. Walk, Run or Sprint away from this vehicle?



Thanks




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Tony. I grew up in MN, so I understand rust. As a teenager I had a chev PU that had floor boards like the car in the Flintstones. Great if you need to use your feet to stop.
Get your 570 from the west. I live in Sacramento and can crawl under 100 series vehicles that have shiny bolts, finding rust would be a challenge. A 570 even easier. Cost more? I'm not sure, but worth every penny.
I bought, then rebuilt my 450 a few years ago. Didn't break a single bolt. Makes a Minnesota boy cry for joy.

 

[Heckraiser]

I'd skip that one.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Run

 

[TTO5]

Got my 2010 from Texas and was the smartest move I could have made. I see rust in your picture along the sheet metal next to the frame. That would worry me more than the rust on the frame rail. I'd pass if I were you

 

[Zill]

No go for me. Those AHC components are returning back to earth.

 

[tacoduck]

That might be the most crusty 200 I’ve ever seen on mud. Hard pass.

 

[nwfl4runner]

Run.

 

[mceagle555]

Absolutely run away

 

[Supra Turbo]

Hell to the no.

 

[stonepa]

Are you going to drive it in Minnesota? Unless you wool wax or fluid film, even a new vehicle living in Minnesota will look like this soon enough.

 

[Roody]

Looks like residual corrosion from salty flood damage.

 

[stonepa]

Looks like residual corrosion from salty flood damage.

That’s the very definition of 6 months of Minnesota road salt and brine

 

[Roody]

That’s the very definition of 6 monthes of Minnesota road salt and brine

Big yikes.

 

[FxFormat]

That's unfortunate, i wish more owners would be aware of the damage salt and chemical does to the underside of cars. You can own cars in the North East and not have it looking like that. Just take it to a carwash that does underbody spray, which most, if not all carwashes have nowadays and this wouldn't happen.

 

[stonepa]

That's unfortunate, i wish more owners would be aware of the damage salt and chemical does to the underside of cars. You can own cars in the North East and not have it looking like that. Just take it to a carwash that does underbody spray, which most, if not all carwashes have nowadays and this wouldn't happen.

On the east coast you frequently get days warm enough to wash your car. In Minnesota those days can be months apart. The only thing that slows rust down is buying a winter car and parking your summer car in the garage or wool wax/fluid film applied heavily every fall.

Just a cost of living in God’s Country.

 

[Sandroad]

I’m pretty tolerant of some rust, but that one is a walk away to me. I know some places not shown in the photos that would be bad on that vehicle. Even if I won it in a raffle, I wouldn’t keep it.