Rust

Ya I kinda got off topic but, the rockers on mine are pretty good for having 250,000 miles on it! I would almost pay to see one as nice as mine with that high of miles. But yes, The Grand Prix years 97-03 rot out in the rocker panel area. Btw and this is also off topic but the other day, before the snow, I got her up to 110 mph on the highway! Lol good engine

How bad are the 04+ cars with rust in general?


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They don't have the rust problems that the 03 and before have! Nothin to worry about

It seems most of them just have crappy headlights and paint well before they rot.

Perhaps Canadians built a better car? :p

Here's a car that has survived more winters than most people on this forum: http://blogs.hotrod.com/manhattan-mo...ars-88123.html

Ya but mines still better than any Canadian, Asian, or European cars that have ever been made

Some dealers will offer undercoating services, maybe they paid for something like that. Or, check your vin to make sure. Well you said it was passed down, but still: http://www.grandprixforums.net/showt...=1#post1130627

Well you're making some big claims, lets see some pics lol. Like this: Undercoated. Still have some areas to touch up, but looks pretty good for the conditions I applied it in. This is 11 years in michigan.

Shooting from: Drivers side front
http://imageshack.us/a/img13/7681/pb70.jpg


Shooting from: Drivers side rear. 1 good size hole patched
http://imageshack.us/a/img822/7294/kg4k.jpg


Shooting from: Passenger side front
http://imageshack.us/a/img15/8071/d1qz.jpg


Shooting from: Passenger side rear
http://imageshack.us/a/img849/3229/ickc.jpg

From the back passenger side
http://imageshack.us/a/img703/896/zv5z.jpg

From the back drivers side
http://imageshack.us/a/img706/7222/t096.jpg

The undercarriage was light blue from the factory. All of the stuff you are seeing on it is just dirt, not areas where undercoating is missing or anything like that. The only parts missing undercoating are the rockers, it must have come off. I'm hoping to clean and re-spray before winter.

Well, and no disrespect, but mine has been in 13 michigan winters, has 251,000 ( just rolled yesterday ) when yours has been through 11, has 112,000 miles ( or somewhere around that ) so it's kinda hard to compare the two :/

Obviously mine is going to have more rust :)

But you said yours are pretty good. And there was rust on my rockers, mainly surface rust though. Not anymore.

The only rust my Grand Prix has is on the rockers, and it's not surface rust!!! Lol but everywhere else is absolutely spotless :)

Oh okay, so you're saying the whole car except for the rockers is nearly rust free, but the rockers are completely destroyed. Well get some new rockers and you'll have a rust free car. Do you have any rust bubbling at the bottom on your trunk lid? That's the only rust on the body of my car.

It had a couple but I got rid of it, and new rockers cost about 3,000$$$$ :(

Nah, they're about $100 a piece. Just gotta cut and weld yourself.

And what do you mean, you trunk lid had rust, then you got rid of it? You got rid of the rust, the trunk lid, or the car? lol
I was thinking of trying to fix mine next summer, I fixed a bunch of little spots already with touch up, but the trunk lid may have some metal missing.

Oh you will have to show me where to get the rocker moldings And I just did a touch up in the trunk

Just go on rockauto, go through and select your car, and search rocker panel. There will be a category it should take you to, for 2 door and 4 door cars.

I'm afraid if I scrape the rust, it will leave a chunk missing unlike everywhere else so far that has just been surface rust(like the wheel wells an a few stone chips)

Here was surface rust that was easily "fixable"

Passenger side rear: How I found it
http://imageshack.us/a/img23/4488/07z1.jpg

Driver side rear: after sanding
http://imageshack.us/a/img201/9608/v07t.jpg

Driver side rear: After 2 coats of touch up paint. It matches nearly perfect after it dried.
http://imageshack.us/a/img600/1623/9ddu.jpg

Your car looks very nice and not a lot of rust! I bought mine from my grandparents with 247,000 for only 300$$$ lol I'm lucky and I can't really complain!

Yeah thanks. Not bad for a first car. I'm glad the interior is as nice as the exterior, not many flaws about it to bug me. Does yours have an original engine or trans? I would have considered buying a high mileage GP that still looked nice for a much lower price, and fixed things on my own.

Ya mine has original engine and transmission! But im thinking of selling it to get one with less miles :(

Well if there's nothing really wrong with it, to be fair, the rockers (as far as I know) are not needed necessarily. It's not like the car is going to fall apart or anything.

Ya you do have a point, i would show you pics but idk how! Its kind of embarrassing! Lol