Ugh, rust.

[99bonnieSE]

it's not to bad, considering its just the gas door thats the worst.. but the wheel well kinda scared me.







But, on the bright side, she gets to rest in a nice, heated garage.

[wake]

pahhh thats not all that bad

[99bonnieSE]

pahhh thats not all that bad

just enough to irritate me.

[GoldenBullet]

It probably wouldn't be too hard to find a replacement gas door, even in the same color...And I'm with wake...thats nothing!

[99bonnieSE]

It probably wouldn't be too hard to find a replacement gas door, even in the same color...And I'm with wake...thats nothing!

I know it's not much, but, the only reason that the fender well is like that, is because the seal is ripped away from the metal. dont ask, i don't know .

[99bonnieSE]

dad's truck is worse....

[GoldenBullet]

[99bonnieSE]

that's rust. that's lots of rust.

I don't care how much i have, i sill hate it in every which way possible. lol

[BlackHawk99]

My old 99 SE was bad too. This was in 2005, mind you:

[99bonnieSE]

My old 99 SE was bad too. This was in 2005, mind you:

is this a common problem for 96-99???? I've seen so many of these cars like this. Even up the road, there's a '99 SE, same color, same interior, SAME RUST SPOT ON THE GAS DOOR. honestly the only way you could tell the difference between our 99 and theirs, is by opening the trunks and seeing who has blue lights.

[zuper8]

It probably wouldn't be too hard to find a replacement gas door, even in the same color...And I'm with wake...thats nothing!

I know it's not much, but, the only reason that the fender well is like that, is because the seal is ripped away from the metal. dont ask, i don't know .

that exact same thing happened to me. i never go in the back seat, so i never noticed the rubber stripping wasn't there! it made me so depressed when i finally noticed it lol

[99bonnieSE]

that exact same thing happened to me. i never go in the back seat, so i never noticed the rubber stripping wasn't there! it made me so depressed when i finally noticed it lol

i know same here. mom rarely uses the backseat. jeez the carpeting behind the drivers seat is practically fresh yet.

[Water 97SSEi]

You should see the rust on my dad's 94 Bronco (with just 90,000 miles on it). I'll have to snap a pic of it next time I'm at home. The rust is so bad that the fenders are gone and the chrome bits fell off, and the rear door rusted out completely so he had to get a new one at the junkyard. The underneath is so bad that the thing might just split in two pieces driving down the road one day. To be fair though, the Bronco was used for snow plowing all of its life and also used to tow alot as well. It's a hard working truck and takes some serious abuse.

[wake]

is this a common problem for 96-99????

yes

EDIT: i feel you...this is what mine looked like when i bought it...plus i also have surface on the doors...thank god my rockers are solid
Before:

After:

[99bonnieSE]

is this a common problem for 96-99????

yes

EDIT: i feel you...this is what mine looked like when i bought it...plus i also have surface on the doors...thank god my rockers are solid
Before:

After:

always good to have solid cab corners.

[wake]

considering its been a plow truck most of its 101K miles

one fender and surface rust on the doors and a spot on the front bumper the size of a quarter...im not complaining..ive seen trucks identical to mine..rust out alot worse

[Merrillspontiac]

id undercoat behing the door seals.

[LeSabre in Buffalo]

The rocker panels on my 99 LeSabre are splitting open from the rust. 2 years ago they were solid. They're rusting from the inside out, held together by the paint. Replacing/repairing them to have the car another few years is on the agenda for this summer. The theory is to rip out the old ones, flake off the loose rust, POR-15 the rust on the inner rocker panels, and attach the new rockers.

Next car I get is getting a rustproofing bath the second I get it into the driveway.

[99bonnieSE]

The rocker panels on my 99 LeSabre are splitting open from the rust. 2 years ago they were solid. They're rusting from the inside out, held together by the paint. Replacing/repairing them to have the car another few years is on the agenda for this summer. The theory is to rip out the old ones, flake off the loose rust, POR-15 the rust on the inner rocker panels, and attach the new rockers.

Next car I get is getting a rustproofing bath the second I get it into the driveway.

ouch.... that really sucks. man thats gonna be some work!

[harofreak00]

Why not spend the few bucks and get a new fuel door and make your car look 100x better?