I spotted some corrosion on the inside of the driver's side door frame yesterday; see attached photo. I suspect it's accumulated over years from water dripping down through the window seals, but I'm not sure. There is no matching spot on the passenger side. My questions: Anyone else have a similar issue? Do you think this is the extent of it, or should I be looking more deeply within the entire door panel for more? If this is all there is, should I assume I can't spread further unless I do a lot more rainy-day driving? This doesn't seem at all structural, but it's obviously something I'd rather not have the opportunity to spend money to fix. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Wow ...... Can you take another picture and back it up a bit, I can’t tell exactly where on the car that is. The orange part looks a bit detached from the car, is it cracked (the metal) or does it appear to just be surface rust ? I would also investigate directly below this point to the bottom of the car. Water goes downhill so there might be other places that are hidden you can’t see.
Yeah like they said address it now. use a corrosion stopper first. this metal is very sensitive to rusting. Something with that deep a spot takes a lot to stop not just a prime paint deal
Grind to bare metal. Epoxy primer, filler, primer, finish coat. If the metal is too far gone you may have to have to cut it out and weld a new piece in. Have a pro look at it. As has been said, if it isn't dome right it will just get worse and you won't see it under the repair. As they say, do it once, do it right.
Orange part is tobacco leather door panel - the photo is odd but it's properly attached in actuality, no cracks. I will definitely inspect the bottom now for more corrosion - water will indeed flow down to the lowest point it can reach and that's just more metal. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
If I am looking at this right, its the top rear of the door on the inside edge of the door itself next to the leather door panel. The rubber above this area covers the gloss black triangular window guide. The rubber should lap over the OUTSIDE of the metal, NOT the inside or it will be prone to leak water into the door. This is what may be at fault here. Check out the rubber and be sure it properly counterflashes over the metal.
Just get on it with a very stiff rotary wire brush hit it with some Rust Converter which by the way turns black and then paint it with some black and you're done.
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