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Old 12-11-2007   #40 (Post Link)
gwales
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Re: 156 GTA rust epidemic warning?

Got the GTA back on Friday, looking great now that the side skirts, front bumper and new wing have all been painted up.

However, I was doing a close inspection of the side skirts (which had been removed and re-glued) and where one meets the rear wheel arch I noticed what looked like a small break in the paint a couple of inches above the side skirt inside the wheel arch. MORE RUST!!!

The broken paint is because rust is bubbling away between the paint surface and the metal and appears to be getting in where the rear wing panel is tucked into the wheel arch. This is not an isolated spot either but 3 or 4 areas of visible rust on both rear arches.

Left unchecked this stuff will spread to the visible surface of the panel but it is not perforating rust so I already know Alfa will not accept liability.

Does anyone have a great strategy for stopping this rust? I just don't want it to spread since the rear wings are not bolt on off jobs.
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