I'm wondering if my car is unique, so I'm asking for you to check your trunk and post what you find.
Are the bottom of the rivets rusting? Is there a spot of rust on your trunk tension rods?
Stand at the trunk, look at where the bottom of the vinyl roof ends on the body just behind the trunk. Inside the trunk are the bottom of the rivets just about where the vinyl roof ends and the car body begins.
See if any of the rivets are rusted.
I used 2 methods:
1. Took my smartphone and activated the camera. Hit the button as if I was going to take a selfie so it reversed the camera direction. Opened the trunk and stood beside the car. Held the camera in from the side and took several photos moving the camera a few inches each time.
2. Took everything out of my trunk. Stuck a pliers in the latch so the trunk couldn't shut. Got in the trunk and took pictures of the rivets.
What I found were two bubbled areas where the rust was bad. Every single metal rivet bottom was rusted. Every plastic rivet with grommet were not rusted.
Is this just my car or does anyone else have rivet rust in the trunk?
IMG_2917.jpg Rivet Rust
IMG_2921.jpg Trunk Tension Rod Rust - only a spot where the rods touch.
Are the bottom of the rivets rusting? Is there a spot of rust on your trunk tension rods?
Stand at the trunk, look at where the bottom of the vinyl roof ends on the body just behind the trunk. Inside the trunk are the bottom of the rivets just about where the vinyl roof ends and the car body begins.
See if any of the rivets are rusted.
I used 2 methods:
1. Took my smartphone and activated the camera. Hit the button as if I was going to take a selfie so it reversed the camera direction. Opened the trunk and stood beside the car. Held the camera in from the side and took several photos moving the camera a few inches each time.
2. Took everything out of my trunk. Stuck a pliers in the latch so the trunk couldn't shut. Got in the trunk and took pictures of the rivets.
What I found were two bubbled areas where the rust was bad. Every single metal rivet bottom was rusted. Every plastic rivet with grommet were not rusted.
Is this just my car or does anyone else have rivet rust in the trunk?
IMG_2917.jpg Rivet Rust
IMG_2921.jpg Trunk Tension Rod Rust - only a spot where the rods touch.
