if it is 1960 or older i can acept a couple of easly repairible small spots
2007-05-18 05:15:47 · 12 answers · asked by dumbo 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
If you are certain the rust is limited to those few spots, then this should be an easy fix. If they are not trough the metal, you can do it yourself. Sand or steel wool all the rust off, treat it with rust converter (in case you miss a little bit), prime it and paint it. If it's all the way through, I prefer cutting it out and welding in new metal over applying bondo. The bondo will eventually crack and shrink.
Be sure to look underneath the car carefully. If it has a few rust spots, it may have a rusty frame. Also, use a magnet along the body to detect previously rusty areas that have been filled with bondo.
Hope it's a cool car you are looking at!
2007-05-18 05:26:25 · answer #1 · answered by jimboni 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess if I could find someone willing to accept rust as payment.
Oh, you mean, buying a car that had rust as opposed to buying a car with rust.
Depends on the car, the amount of damage and how much it would take to repair it, the price of the car, and just how much I want that particular car. If there are sections of the car that are completely eaten through then probably not.
2007-05-18 05:19:46 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Even if money is tight, there is no need to because there are so many cars available. Go to EBAY and you can find anything you want at any price. If rust is present on your car, It may be worse than it appears; it could also mean that the car was "flooded" and that it had major water damage which means that down the road you could have major mechanical, fuel or electrical problems. With the supply of cars exceeding demand, why risk it when you don't have to?
2007-05-18 05:25:16 · answer #3 · answered by sky 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Personally no I wouldn't. I'm all about cars but Rust is the enemy of cars.....
2007-05-18 05:18:05 · answer #4 · answered by Just here. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if it's a classic car OR a car I intend to use for only a year or so
2007-05-18 05:18:43 · answer #5 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That old? Certainly if the rest of the body is ok and we are talking a very contained surface.
2007-05-18 05:18:32 · answer #6 · answered by wizjp 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it's better to wear out than rust out.
2007-05-18 05:22:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure, but I'd fix it right away. I abhor rust.
2007-05-18 05:20:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just take sand paper to it and after it is all sanded down to metal. primer it and seal it so that you don't get more rust.
2007-05-18 05:21:12 · answer #9 · answered by Greek God 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's the only thing keeping mine together.
2007-05-18 05:19:02 · answer #10 · answered by capa-de-monty 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋