I just noticed a chip and concurrent rusting on my front driver side quarter panel. Before (in the past), I would sand around the area, which would get some of the surrounding paint as well in order to eliminate all of the rust. Now that this is the Z, I wanted to get some advice from board experts about DIY recommendations about how to alleviate this problem. I'd rather not pay to get if fixed, if there is something that I can do about it (since the chip is pretty small). The affected area is not completely rusted, but the beginnings of rust are occuring. Thanks

 

You have to neutralize the rust. I think autozone or parts america sells a rust neutralizer (comes in a white bottle I believe. It's liquid) in their paint section. If not, try the section with the aircraft paint remover and sanding stuff.

Apply a little of that with a q-tip.

 

Thanks man Glad that this is more simple than I had previously thought.

 

get a fiberglass sanding pen(made by 3M) to remove the rust and use some touch paint. You can also try something like Langka blob remover. It works well, but will not be a *perfect* paint job.

 

Thanks n8vz, I bought some Bondo Rust Remover today, did the job nicely. Put some touch-up paint on, doesn't look the best, but I feel a whole LOT better that the chip and rust are gone

 

check this out: http://www.customrodderweb.com/tech/...rustinhibitor/

 

Thanks for the link It's now bookmarked. My beater has pretty sizeable rust spots... time to clean those up as well

 

take it back to the dealer and chew them out. make them repaint the whole panel, I did it and so can you. Tell them the paint job sucks!

 

i bought the car used but i think the origanal dealer is very close to me. plus i have all the paper work for the car. i might do this for the rust inside the door. thx.

i just realized this was not the tread i thought it was but the advice still works for me. haha