Just inside the driver's and passenger's door towards the front... Anyone
else have it there?

Joe in Northern, NJ - V#8013-R

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ya live in a freaking salt state, what do you expect for a 10 year old car


"Joe" <faked-but-works (AT) yunx (DOT) com> wrote

You may luck out and be able to halt further progress of the rust. The
problem is that dirt gets kicked up from the front tires, gets behind
the plastic wheel wells and builds up behind the front fender in the
area between the front wheel the front door. Look at this part of the
fender from underneath the car and you will see two 10mm bolts
attaching the fender at this point to the body. Remove the bolts as
well as the screws holding the plastic wheel well to the fender. You
can then get behind the fender and you will likely find a ton of packed
dirt clogging the weep hole at the bottom of the fender which is
trapping dirt and water which causes the rust. Clean out the dirt,
ensure the weep hole is open and put it back together and you're good
to go for another few years. While you're at it, spraying some rust
proofing on the back side of that area of the fender while you have it
separated from the body is added protection. I bought a 1987 Sentra
years ago and a 1999 Sentra recently (both when each was 6 or 7 years
old) and cleaned out at least a pound of dirt from each. We get snow
here and salt is used a lot and there's been no rust since doing this
maintenance. It is NOT inevitable in cold climates if you take these
precautions . Good luck. Al

Joe wrote:

Thanks. Great tips. NissTech's comment just made me more depressed while
yours gave me hope.

Joe in Northern, NJ - V#8013-R

Currently Riding The "Mother Ship"

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"al" <abuonag (AT) msn (DOT) com> wrote

It's easier to curse the darkness than light a candle! While you're at
it it's not a bad idea to squirt a spray rustproofing into the each of
three or four weep holes in each rocker panel until the rustproofing
liquid begins to drip out from those weep holes. The Nissans haven't
had the rockel panel cancer than the 70s Datsuns had but keeping those
weep holes open is always important and some rustproofing in the rocker
panels surely will help. Al

Joe wrote: