Under Mirror Rust

[southern_tango]

Hi,I still discovering the fascinating and frightening world of my stagea...a little redish mark coming from under the mirror?is it possible to fix it myself?I could apreciate any advise how to dismount the mirrors... by the way my drivers mirror has a little play can it be tightened ? thanks

[pork hunt drifting]

they all rust there coz nissan dicided to put a piece of foam stuff behind there to hold the water and create rust for sum good reason?

if you can see it creeping out from under the mirrior then by the time you grind the rust out n patch it up youl have to paint the whole door and you might aswell do both sides im waiting till someone dents my door before i fix mine but thats easy for me considering i work at a crash shop.

any ways the trims are easy to get off besides a couple of fidly bits around the handle then its just a couple of screws n have a look. put some sort of rust repeler or somethn on it to slow it down before you put it bak together if you do.

[southern_tango]

Thanks,for the answer ...there is not much rust yet ,so do you think that a little of rust converter could momentarily fix it?

Do you have any diagram/picture of how to disassemble the door panel?I don't want to break any clip that holds it in place

[MyStag260]

If you can see a little rust coming from under the mirror it means there is probably about an inch or more still under the mirror... i thought mine only had a little bit took the mirror off and the patch of rush was considerably bigger than i thought...

Might have to get it done soon, yet i don't want to pay for someone to do it only for the rust to come back is there a way to rust proof the area once it has been fixed up??

Cheers

[pork hunt drifting]

yeah the rust will be alot worse than u can see. it starts were the door skin is welded to the frame and works its way out from there.

like i said though by the time you grind it out n patch it up youl be painting the door. then spray rust proofing behind the repair and loose the foam padding behind the mirror so the water doesnt hold there.

i gota do mine soon its getting worse every time i look at it.

its just big dallars to do it proply due to rust being the worst or most headace of a repair to do. and youl have to paint the guard aswell to get the colour rite which means the front bar has to come off and so on.

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

same probs here too .. little hairline crack in the paint around teh mirror where the rust has broke free ... not the big a problem atm... like the other dude said .. but i'll wait till some dickhead in the area scratches it. . . also little rust marks in the engine bay were some plate has been welded around the strut towers .. weird .. but all the other pannels and still factory joins .. guessing again nissan's weird factory design ? or jap owner wanting a more neat engine bay .. who know's ... maybe some else who owns a s2

[zoomzoom]

Thanks,for the answer ...there is not much rust yet ,so do you think that a little of rust converter could momentarily fix it?

Do you have any diagram/picture of how to disassemble the door panel?I don't want to break any clip that holds it in place

its best to sand and chip away all the really flaky rust and paint and then sand the majority of the rust back to good metal, then rust converter on it to stop any more rust, and to let it drip down into the door to neutralise any more rust. then primer and paint the metal with a good enamel paint. then afterwards i soaked the inside of the door with fish oil until it dripped from all the door drains. the car stunk for a week or two but i wont have to worry about any more rust in the doors

[southern_tango]

Thanks for the advise ,I 'll try to do it,did you replace the foam inside /under the mirror with something ,E.g.rubber or silicone?