tiny rust spots

jerbacher · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:30 pm

I washed the jeep yesterday and stood up on the tire to dry off the roof, only to find a whole bunch of little tiny rust spots all over the place. any idea what could have caused this? i dont remember them being there the last time i washed it....

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:39 pm

after you did the roof lights did you clean the top REALLY good, little bits of metal can go over a large area with out you knowing , they cling to the paint if not waxed well and then kind of dig in and start to rust, clean the top really well and see how bad it really is, you may need to paint it soon!At this point at least get some good wax on it!
I think I would also try a small spot with rubbing compound to get that rust off and then wax and see what it looks like
could always bed line it! :lol:

DryBones · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:59 pm

acid rain? :lol:

whatever happened to that ?

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:03 pm

Are you sure the rust is IN the paint or is it ON the paint?

If you think it may be on the paint then clay will bring it off.

If its in the paint then like tommudd said, those metal shaves could of etched themself in the paint and started to rust. More so if they were hot when they flew around.

jerbacher · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:30 pm

yeah, i was thinking metal shavings too. actually, i cleaned it pretty good after the lights, but you have to drill two little holes in the roof rails to put that rene basket up there, and i think i neglected to clean it well after that. so, to answer jeepsters question, not sure if its "on" or "in", but i'll investigate more. thanks for the help.

tommudd wrote:

could always bed line it! :lol:

yep, thought of that too. might sand off the rusty areas and spray it.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:45 pm

I would try detailing it good, clay bar etc and then see how it looks and go from there, it doesn't take many drill shavings to scatter over a large area.

So hows the Renny basket look by the way?

jerbacher · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:28 pm

tommudd wrote:

So hows the Renny basket look by the way?

I think it looks awesome, havent used it yet, but I like the look! What do you think?

RAYMAN975 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:11 pm

looks good!! i love that roof rack, i wish mine would have came with that when i bought it

sleeve84028 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:05 pm

Seems like the perfect excuse to clean the rust and apply a lineX or rhino liner to the top of the roof. You can not officially use the "rust prevention" excuse.

501 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:29 pm

KJ's looking GREAT Jerbacher!

I noticed a bunch of spots all over mine the 5th of July. It was junk from the fireworks that the neighbors shot off. I washed and waxed the jeep right away though. Not sure what it would have done if I didn't clean it off right away.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:41 pm

Looks good Jon for sure, not a big fan of them but on yours ....you can keep it on there :wink:

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:53 pm

Looks awesome jerbacher! Got that nice blacked out look going on.

jerbacher · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:46 am

tommudd wrote:

...you can keep it on there

thanks for the blessing tom! :wink:

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:51 am

jerbacher wrote:

tommudd wrote:

...you can keep it on there

thanks for the blessing tom! :wink:

I agree with jeepster it has a great balanced look of the black and maroon now good looking , I may have to go wheeling with you again some day!

jerbacher · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:46 am

what it really needs right now is black fenders and bumpers. but, i'm investigating that and will probably be buying some leather dye soon, so we'll see what happens.

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