Door Seam Rust Repair

Equinox terrain up until 2015 when gm applied a better sealer strip over the seam.

Door seam rust repair.

I now will have to check our 2017 colorado for rust in the door seam. Just press the scraper into the rust repeatedly to free up any loose bits. Use a metal or plastic scraper and wear gloves to ensure none of the sharper chunks can stab or cut you. Previous equinox terrain owners often saw rust there in 2 years or even less sometimes.

The galvanneal coating in today s doors are on the outside and inside of the door greatly increasing the life cycle of the door in regards to rust intrusion. It has been a problem on other gm vehicles for sure. Wire wheeled the inner door bottom seam used por15 on the inner door bottom and inside the door shell about 8 inches up the door topcoated the visible areas with duplicolor factory match paint. Never had rust there on our 2015 in almost 5 years.

Off topic vehicle i had rust in the door seams of a chevy traiblazer the seams are probably tighter on this than older cars. Scrape away blistered paint and rust chunks. If your door s demise is due to rust you should consider replacing it with a galvanneal coated door. This iron zinc coating prevents corrosion by acting as a barrier between the steel and moisture.

2 years later daily driving in chicago snow and salt no rust bleed thru.