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My 2004 MDX has quite a bit of rust on it, around the rear quarter panels, around the doors, in the front panels - apparently this is quite normal for that vintage. It would cost too much to fix it, so I got the car rustproofed last month to slow it down and I will just live with it.
Over the weekend, I gave my 2008 MDX a car wash, as I am bought some touch up paint and was planning to fix a few minor nicks and such. What surprised me was finding two very small spots of rust....one in the right rear quarter panel - it is literally 1/4 of a size of a grain of rice - literally a little spot but there is a small bubble beside it. The other one is probably 3/4 of a grain of rice and it is in a weird spot - right above the door handle on the left back passenger door (top left of the door handle, almost against the frame).
I am obviously planning to get both of these fixed, probably professionally done since I can't do squat myself. I had the car rustproofed earlier this month.
I assume I don't just paint over it and then apply clearcoat - I suspect probably the shop will want to sand it down, reprime, and then paint. The quarter panel I am not suprised...but how the rust got to the edge of the door handle at the top is weird. But I will get a professional shop to do this.
Do any of your 2Gs have any rust on it, even if it is a minor, minor spot, and if so, how did you deal with it? I did not see these when I bought the car, but I could have easily missed it.
Over the weekend, I gave my 2008 MDX a car wash, as I am bought some touch up paint and was planning to fix a few minor nicks and such. What surprised me was finding two very small spots of rust....one in the right rear quarter panel - it is literally 1/4 of a size of a grain of rice - literally a little spot but there is a small bubble beside it. The other one is probably 3/4 of a grain of rice and it is in a weird spot - right above the door handle on the left back passenger door (top left of the door handle, almost against the frame).
I am obviously planning to get both of these fixed, probably professionally done since I can't do squat myself. I had the car rustproofed earlier this month.
I assume I don't just paint over it and then apply clearcoat - I suspect probably the shop will want to sand it down, reprime, and then paint. The quarter panel I am not suprised...but how the rust got to the edge of the door handle at the top is weird. But I will get a professional shop to do this.
Do any of your 2Gs have any rust on it, even if it is a minor, minor spot, and if so, how did you deal with it? I did not see these when I bought the car, but I could have easily missed it.