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Offline Obscurity

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Re: body rust to be aware of
« Reply #15 on: April 05, 2011, 01:04:05 AM »
Wow...I wish my SX/4 hatch wasn't so tough to open without the battery (and engine) in the car, checking for that rust would be a great low-impact thing to do on my car. I've got enough rust on there I saw this post and now I'm all worried that there's even more hiding!
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Re: body rust to be aware of
« Reply #16 on: April 05, 2011, 08:24:59 AM »
 16 gauge is 1/16" or .060, use 3/32" which is .090, 1/8" .125 is tough to work with.
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Re: body rust to be aware of
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2011, 10:30:19 PM »
Quote from: Obscurity on April 05, 2011, 01:04:05 AM
Wow...I wish my SX/4 hatch wasn't so tough to open without the battery (and engine) in the car, checking for that rust would be a great low-impact thing to do on my car. I've got enough rust on there I saw this post and now I'm all worried that there's even more hiding!

is there no manual way to open the trunk?? i was under the impression you could always use the key....
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Re: body rust to be aware of
« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2011, 10:36:49 PM »
Quote from: runs.like on April 07, 2011, 10:30:19 PM
Quote from: Obscurity on April 05, 2011, 01:04:05 AM
Wow...I wish my SX/4 hatch wasn't so tough to open without the battery (and engine) in the car, checking for that rust would be a great low-impact thing to do on my car. I've got enough rust on there I saw this post and now I'm all worried that there's even more hiding!

is there no manual way to open the trunk?? i was under the impression you could always use the key....

It can be done. I've done it to a wagon anyway.
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Re: body rust to be aware of
« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2011, 09:44:15 AM »
I think that being so far away from heat and airflow in the winter and spring hurts the back of the cars, especially trunks. Moisture trapped back there just lays because there's nothing to dry it out.

Plus a full gas tank stays really cold in the morning. I've gotten under the Eagle early in the morning and the gas tank is soaked with dew.

Just one small drip from the trunk, hatch, or a window and that water will stay there for weeks.
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