Water and Possible Rust Behind Boot Seal

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

LOLOL could be an idea, might be able to stop working weekdays then lol..........Cheers Steve

[peril Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close peril]

OMG, I used to own a 60 series rust bucket, the hours spent on that thing and its rusty roof, now I have to worry about my Prado.

As soon as it's daylight I'll take a look at mine

[butane8 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close butane8]

good idea, cheers butane

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

How did you go Peril, anything bad looking under that rubber ??? .....Cheers Steve

[peril Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close peril]

Yep, bita rust there, bubbling under the paint in some spots, didn't remove the rubber yet to look all around but I bet it's similar to you guys. I have a grey greasy substance as a sealer, seems to have slowed up the rust in my case (07/08 model). The rubber has a mix of water, mud, and grease. I'll clean it up, rust convert the small spots, paint and then seal the rubber seal outside all round, but I'll leave the inner part of the seal alone I think.

I've just been to Woollongong ARB and across the car park was Super Cheep Autos. I have purchased some windscreen sealant, rust converter and some spray undercoat. I still need to find some matching body paint but not too concerned seeing as it's out of sight anyways.

[hookedup Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hookedup]

Hi all after reading about rust behind rear door seal removed mine to have a look and surprise surprise rust would post pictures but it looks the same as the photo in the post before mine plus i dont no how to post a photo anyway not very good with computers mine is a 2003 td grande with 115000klm i cleaned area down with mineral turps cleaned up rust with wire brush and sand paper then applyed rustconverter which has a primer in it then painted with paint i got from auto 1 same colour as car they done it in a pressure pack for me then used pressure clener to clean up old seal came up alright i supose but man im dissapointed love me grande.

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Hi there hookedup but off track a tad have you checked your sunroof for rust as well, grande's are bad for it in the sunroof....Cheers Steve [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

[hookedup Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hookedup]

No i havent steve m first ive heard about the sunroof so there is a issue with these rusting to is there suppose will have to have a look tommorow hope i dont find any rust do you have to remove the sunroof seal or is it usually visible by just opening the sunroof cheers.

[Whitey1 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Whitey1]

Hi all after reading about rust behind rear door seal removed mine to have a look and surprise surprise rust would post pictures but it looks the same as the photo in the post before mine plus i dont no how to post a photo anyway not very good with computers mine is a 2003 td grande with 115000klm i cleaned area down with mineral turps cleaned up rust with wire brush and sand paper then applyed rustconverter which has a primer in it then painted with paint i got from auto 1 same colour as car they done it in a pressure pack for me then used pressure clener to clean up old seal came up alright i supose but man im dissapointed love me grande.

Your disappointed that your 10 year old car has a little bit of rust in it? How long do you think sheet metal lasts? Especially around areas that see moisture and dirt.

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Yeah Buddy just slide the roof open say 3/4's of the way so you can see the front lip as per pictures. Then you will either see it if its bad enough or you may just have to pull the rubber edge back just to see as per second picture but don't pull back to far. The other way is to squeeze the rubber between your fingers and you will feel it crumbling if its rusted bad enough. Its just on a 3g repair if you drive in drive out with Toyota. I think the sunroof its self is about $1600 for memory (this is the glass section with rubber etc all as one piece) the rest is labour. They don't all rust as plenty on here with grande's and no issues but the 5 I looked at prior to buying my GXL had it so I stopped looking at the grande's and there were no vx's around at the time in my price range.... Hopefully your clear, its only a 2 minute check.......Cheers Steve

[hookedup Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hookedup]

Had a look look at the sunroof in the grande today steve m and cant find any sign of rust got to be happy with that.

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

That's good mate glad to hear..... Worth checking anyway... Cheers Steve

[karlmagoo Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close karlmagoo]

Bugger, just read the whole thread, looks like my rear seal will have to come off today just to be on the safe side, previous owner spent a bit on electronic rust prevention, be interesting to see how well it works, gotta say, Im pretty skeptical, will update after i check.


Cheers

[Grim Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Grim]

Just pulled my real seal off to find lots of dirt and moisture and rust bubbles all down the drivers side seal, looks like I have some work to do!

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

And your is an 09 model, wow didn't think it would be affecting them at that age. Got all mine done and finished now and sealed up under top lip of rubber to stop water running down as sujjested on here. It won't rust now in the time I will have it for. Bad design by Toyota.... Cheers Steve