Celica Forums General Discussion General Rust on 7th Gen Celicas?

How are our 7th Gen Celica's holding up to rust and corrosion?

Anyone had a problem with it? If yes; where on the car and how much.

I'm hoping to hear from people who have had there Celica for a few years who live in areas where the roads get salted and sanded in the winter time.

hell mos tof it is plastic just kidding. i dont have snow or road salt but have salt from the ocean. no problems yet, but mine is also only less then a year old. i have rusing on my breaks but cna be repainted. sorry but thats all i got

[quote=GTS2003BLK]How are our 7th Gen Celica's holding up to rust and corrosion?

Anyone had a problem with it? If yes; where on the car and how much.

I'm hoping to hear from people who have had there Celica for a few years who live in areas where the roads get salted and sanded in the winter time. [/quote

That sounds like me! Had mine for 6 yrs, 74k mls, perfect condition,[so far] no rust anywhere. Dats why I bought a new one! ]

I have no rust on mine. It isn't garaged, or anything. Its been in Michigan since summer of 02, and in Northern Ohio from 00 to 02. Its holding up great.

I only have the usual and expected rust on the brake rotors, and a little on some exterior bolts. I keep my car outside at school, and the area I'm in has a ton of pollution which reaks havoc on metal. But my celica is holding up great other than that

My rotors on my 00 are almost pure rust. other than that it looks good.

I'm starting to get rust at the spot where I threw a broken S2000 antenna at my car. Kinda cracked the black plastic around the rear side window & the metal thread of the antenna hit the body & now that little spot is rusting. I was frustrated with the car.

I just found one little rust spot today. My car is an 00 and have always been parked outside. So any suggestions on how to get rid of it?

my hood loop thing is rusting

my car has never seen rain/snow and theres no rust

mine was bought in minnesota, i park almost always outside, my fenders are getting it a little and around my tail lights.



j/k none at all. no honda here

As far as I know because our cars are made in Japan, they have added a ton on rust inhibitors to the metal. I have an 00 and its seen salt, sand, snow, ice, and there is no rust to be seen!!

rust on the calipers, going repaint them soon to fix that little problem

got a small rust spot on my front where the paint chipped off all the way down to the bumper.

There's a paint chip on my door from the previous owner, it runs about 1-2 inches long, and there's a little rust on it...besides a few rusty bolts there's not much else.

The previous owner was in Wisconsin.

shit celicas are tanks son.. what you talkin bout rust?

I noticed many rusty tiny dots on many silver celicas,dunno where they come from,but they are all over the car,on mine too.Anyone has the same problem?

Most rust spots people encounter with the Celica is where the front bumper bolts up to the fenders...I have rust there and so do quite a few people.

sadly, my celica is my "winter-beater." however, i wash my car once to twice a week though. in summer i get on with one wax a week. of course, there is no rust at all. my car is a 2000 and i have babied it since i got it.

ha, 500th post! yeah me!

I have a 2000, the earliest of the 7 gen but there's no spec of rust on my car. I live in Michigan by the way. The secret to having a rust free car is to wash it often, by that I mean just washing the salt off every other week. Also, salt doesn't eat away metal unless it's above freezing/cold temps. In other words, leave your garage unheated in the winter.

ONly rusy I have on my 2002 GTS is on secondary hardware ie strut bar brackets, hedder shield attach bolts, & cat converter pipe I need to pull the spark plugs out and put some copper antisize the threads. I need to do the wheel studs too at the next rotation