[dump]

Northern winters seem to be taking their toll and my 2005 Subaru is developing some rust around the corners of the windshield. The paint is bubbling in spots from what I assume is corrosion underneath. The rest of the car looks great.

Any suggestions on what to do here? We do rustproofing every year, but that's primarily for the underside, inside the doors and wheel wells and trunk area. This seems like the kind of thing a body shop would be able to handle. Is this a big job (i.e. remove windshield, etc.?) or something that can be handled at home.

Thanks.

 

[stevew]

remove windshield...sand...prime...repaint...

 

[Yelo]

You'll have to remove the windshield to do a decent job... My guess would be to take it to body shop to have the job done, that's what I did the last time....

And keep in mind that it will come back sooner or later... Sorry to tell you that

 

[dump]

Appreciate the feedback. Yelo, what did it cost you last time? I'm in mtl. I assume it won't need a full repaint - just those areas.

 

[HardtailHack]

Yeah if it's rusting there it probably would have started under the window rubber, if you don't fix it now it will just get harder and harder to repair.

 

[Quo Fan]

If you don't get it repaired, your windshield WILL eventually leak.

 

[DirtyMike]

Problem you will encounter with rust like that is that you will not know how far underneath the paint the rust goes untill you start to dig in. You might, repeast Might, find yourself having some of the body panels in need of replacement, and might find yourself in need of a complete paint job. You could be looking at a few hundred dollars, to a few thousand.......... You just never know untill you get it apart and start sanding.

 

[MMike]

You're in montreal....you need to learn to not care.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

 

[Yelo]

Appreciate the feedback. Yelo, what did it cost you last time? I'm in mtl. I assume it won't need a full repaint - just those areas.

Dirty mike pretty much says it all...

In my case, it's been a while since then and I did part of it myself since I work as a mechanic so price is not a good reference to you but I think it cost me like 2-300$...

 

[Westy]

Call it Patina, see if SteveW has a Canadian cousin, sell it.

 

[C.P.]

I agree with dirtymike. Also if you've had your windshield replaced in the past, chances are the tools the installer used to remove the old windshield caused this rust issue. Sharp edged cutting tool scrapes the paint off on the inside of the frame, leaving bare metal which starts a rust problem. Best way to deal with it is to remove the windshield, and treat the rust on the inside of the frame, and re-paint before installing new glass.

 

[jdcamb]

Call it Patina, see if SteveW has a Canadian cousin, sell it.

H8R is Canadian surely he can help??

 

[stevew]

Call it Patina, see if SteveW has a Canadian cousin, sell it.

but it's 2005....