Subject	Rust belt dwellers
Posted by	Jmartz on May 04, 2007 at 10:22 AM
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In Reply To	Rusted Underside of 300zx help needed! posted by morefriction on May 04, 2007 at 08:26 AM
Message	Just because you have the misfortune of living where salt is used there is no reason for you to accept rust as fact of life. Think about how much interest your car would generate in GA or TX. The US has 48 states and at least 20 are totally salt-free. If you want an older car for project purposes find a southern car and spend the 2K or what ever you'll need to get it to NY. I can assure you that no money in the world will improve that car to southern specs. Blasting the rust (assuming you would be willing to disassemble enough of the car for that) and refinishing will not be as durable the factory applied finish of an unrusted car. Besides, then you could start driving your new car in the salt reducing its value and raising the value of those remaining that have not and do not get routinely exposed.
Follow Ups	Rusted Underside of 300zx help needed! - morefriction 08:26:50 05/04/07 how old is the car? how much? - ni[X]it 08:31:56 05/04/07 1996 tt 70k miles $16.5 (n/m) - morefriction 08:33:30 05/04/07 Run like hell! (n/m) - federico 08:44:06 05/04/07 why? - ni[X]it 08:49:06 05/04/07 long as the rust isnt on the body and the price comes down - AntiHero 09:04:32 05/04/07 why? -16.5k and plenty of rust... Not a good deal... - federico 10:55:45 05/04/07 "Who knows what else is rusted out..." exactly - Waco300zx(DFW) 10:57:41 05/04/07 price should come down a bit... - AntiHero 08:49:25 05/04/07 was it sitting in a pond? - naZeer (Dallas) 10:19:28 05/04/07 Actually, that's not out of line for a car in the North East - Dave N 10:24:44 05/04/07 The rust encapsulator is a band-aid solution at best. (n/m) - ENVYMYZ 09:11:08 05/04/07 Rust belt dwellers - Jmartz 10:22:51 05/04/07 It's torch time... muuuhaha (n/m) - SuparexTT 10:40:16 05/04/07 I would not worry about that rust at all. - BBYE V8 11:26:57 05/04/07 unless it's a smoking deal, I wouldn't touch it - sfarrah 11:49:50 05/04/07 JWT ECU works as easily in a 96 as any other year. The - boileralum 12:29:21 05/04/07 Looks like undercoating on the trans and not a leak - Spddracer 12:10:48 05/04/07 IMHO your 14 to $16,500 could buy a lower miles - 240Z FeO2 12:15:11 05/04/07 you have to broaden your search by hundreds of miles - AntiHero 13:18:13 05/04/07 Walk away (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 12:17:25 05/04/07 No. Run away. (n/m) - Got Z? 22:35:24 05/04/07 If you don't find any rust on any of the fender wells - doug8867 13:48:00 05/04/07 just go shopping around, I wouldnt give this guy that much - HicasZ 15:25:18 05/04/07 check out this ad - governor 19:48:47 05/04/07 I got my '94 TT with approx. the same mileage - LJZTT 22:22:26 05/04/07
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