What's Hiding Under The Rubber Trim ?

[TheCrabby1]

I noticed rust colored stain on the paint at the bottom of the rubber door molding's on both rear door's since I bought it. So today I pulled the molding's off and found this . Hardly any rust on passenger side and driver's could have been a lot worse. I scraped and then I wore out 2 wire brush's on the dremel , the little lip on the inside just ate'em right up.
1st pic I had already cleaned up most except the top 5/6 inch's
2nd pic is the last to clean up close up
3rd pic is stuff the body shop put on, it's also on the inside lip up to about 2.5 inch's wide.

 

[TheCrabby1]

After this fully cure's I'll apply a couple coat's of paint and then some wax and slide the molding's back on and take a couple more pic's.

 

[Zack.]

I feel like I’ve read that the white paint had the most issues with flaking out and rusting up. Good on you for taking the time to do something about this issue - it’s really easy to ignore this kind of rust for a long time on any vehicle and then one day find yourself poking your finger through the body.

 

[TerryD]

Good work. I hate body work. I guess I need to tear all my trim off and give it a look too see what kind of shape it's in.

 

[JeffPro4x]

Yeah I pull my trim rubber after every wheeling trip. It's nasty what's hiding in there

 

[TheCrabby1]

I feel like I’ve read that the white paint had the most issues with flaking out and rusting up. Good on you for taking the time to do something about this issue - it’s really easy to ignore this kind of rust for a long time on any vehicle and then one day find yourself poking your finger through the body.

Luckily it wasn't that bad and it's only the molding at the rear wheel's . I never paid attention to this before but with the molding off and the door's closed there's like a quarter inch gap right there ; It make's me wonder why couldn't they have inset the door's [level with body] instead of an overhang?? I don't know what the people who designed this were smoking that day , but they coulda shared !! I think if you got a gen 2 you need pop these off ,clean and wax the paint and maybe run ur finger's GENTLY inside the wheel well along the edge where it sit's and feel for bump's. I dont know exactly which side the rust start's on but this molding hold's dirt and moisture so it's a crap shoot you will eventually lose

 

[TheCrabby1]

Dose anyone know if the hard plastic trim on the middle of the door's [outside] is glued,taped or have those tip's that gone into the door ??

 

[Xterrorista]

This is disturbing. Yet another thing I need to check. I do know when I removed the plastic mud flaps on the 07 a cpl had a few rub spots to the metal but somehow not rusted, maybe already coated.. I covered them with clear nail polish till I finalize the build plan. (along with the numerous rust spots on hatch, mines white)

 

[TheCrabby1]

This is disturbing. Yet another thing I need to check. I do know when I removed the plastic mud flaps on the 07 a cpl had a few rub spots to the metal but somehow not rusted, maybe already coated.. I covered them with clear nail polish till I finalize the build plan. (along with the numerous rust spots on hatch, mines white)

This is the only place on the body with rust ; the under carriage though is a different story LOL

 

[TheCrabby1]

Okay 1st pic 2 coat's of paint
2nd pic molding back on....Now you can barely tell anything was done,except now I have a bit more piece of mind

 

[TheCrabby1]

Well I was ufcking stupid enough to let window's update this mourning and it's got my gmail stuff screwed around sideway's. UFCK

 

[Alaric504]

Same issue on my 2011 Pro4X. I have the red colour and had to remove and reseal the painted are under the rubber. Before putting the rubber channel back on, I thoroughly cleaned the inside channel as it was loaded with dirt, and rust particles. I then lubed it with Dielectric Grease before reattaching it.

 

[BrettX]

Going to bandwagon this so people check a bit more proactively. Noticed some rust above the trim this past winter. Didn't deal with it til summer as I wasn't going to paint in freezing weather. This is after a good wire wheeling and paint stripping disk session. Some of the exterior body panel was rusted away and that was where I first saw it. Otherwise it was pretty rusty all over. Stripped it down, Rust converted if and then cleaned with denatured alcohol.

I did buy new paint, primer, and clearcoat from www.automotivetouchup.com I also picked up some color matched paint in a bottle for rock chips etc.

DISCLAIMER: I'M NO PROFESSIONAL BODY SHOP GUY



Taped off pretty tight to the sanded area and primed with an etch primer.

If I do this again, pull the tape up at the paint edge when you switch from primer to body color to clear, that'll help it blend. I'd probably also do a gentle sanding to reduce the lip between existing and new. These are realisations I made after I had finished this project.



Pulled the tape way back for the body color and waiting on clear. I had "finished" the job and then sanded it down to help it blend. This is all int he door jamb and mostly covered so I didn't care too much.



It sure ain't new, but it's also not orange rust so I called it a win. Cleaned out the trim with rust converter after a good brushing and replaced after it fully dried.




Don't forget to check your wheel well for rust and treat that accordingly!

 

[TerryD]

Pulled mine a few weeks ago and yep, it's bad.

 

[ffxcores]

Guess I’ll take a peek sometime soon too.