Found A Few Rust Spots

[james85]

G'day,

Just thought I'd post up a few pics of some pics of rust spots on a Skyline I've just bought. None of it looks too major, but I'm not sure what the best way is to deal with it.

I've used some WD40 on the small dots, and otherwise just tried a nylon kitchen pad to clean up the boot a bit, and a bit of polish on other spots.

There's also some rust on the welds either side, where the a pillar and windshield meet. It's in a pretty tricky spot though.

Also, on the LHS the paint at the very bottom of the door panel, where you put the jack, is flaking off. Underneath there's a fairly cruddy surface, which I'm guessing is the factory protectant?

Basically I was wondering:

1. Whether any of this is anything to be particularly concerned about...the car is otherwise in unbelievably good nick, so I'm guessing the rust it does have is pretty common?

The main part I was concerned about is the A-pillar/windshield spot, but its in a pretty tough spot. Can I just spray WD40 on it to provide some sort of preventative?

2. If any of it is bad enough to do anything about? I know it won't fix the rust, but will applying touch-up paint over the top of any small spots slow it down at all? I'm hesitant to muck around with it too much and make it worse.

If I did have to properly treat it, I was thinking about applying 3M rust dissolver: http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-st...aspx?pid=220261

or the K&H one http://www.khst.com.au/IMAGES%20JPEGS/RUSTDISSOLVER250ML.jpg

I was thinking of applying it with a small hobby paint brush, then painting over with touch up paint (particularly for the stuff in the boot).

Thanks for your opinions. I've never owned one of these cars before, so don't have much of an idea for what would be considered bad or not. Also, the windscreen rubber has shrunk and is lifting on each corner...is this something that needs to be fixed asap?

Edited November 14, 2010 by james85