Big stone chip, evidence of rust starting

Big stone chip, evidence of rust starting

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MissChief

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7,117 posts

169 months

Saturday 28th May 2016
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This is just above the windscreen and it's the first time I've noticed it after washing it for the first time in months. Is there anything I can or should do? It's the only rust I can see on the car which is good for a 12 year old Leon Cupra 180. Sure there are the usual stone chips and some minor scratches but overall the bodywork is in great condition.

What can be done?

steveo3002

10,536 posts

175 months

Saturday 28th May 2016
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tickle it with a dremel or small screwdriver to clean it up best you can , then carefully touch in with some matching paint

finlo

3,767 posts

204 months

Saturday 28th May 2016
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Dab a touch of rust converter on it too.

swisstoni

17,048 posts

280 months

Wednesday 1st June 2016
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If you just want to keep the car looking reasonable for a couple of years, the fixes mentioned are fine.
If you were hoping to keep the car a lot longer than that, it's not good enough because the rust will come back.

The rust will have very likely spread underneath the paint by a little bit, and so quite a lot more paint would need to be removed to get at all of it. And so there would be a lot more making good to be done.