| I just fixed a few rust spots on my ml and I'm surprised at how rust resistant the sheet metals were. Mind you, this ML's been driven in NY since 02, and there's been alot if snow/rain in the past few years(well, not this year). I had a few dings and long scrapes that exposed bare metal, but I just painted over with touch up paint. 3 years later, paint flaked off and rust started showing up. I just left them alone as I was going to give my car a fresh coat in the future. Another year, and rust spots started getting red and real rusty, so I sanded off the surrounding areas, expecting to see rust under the paint. To my surprise, the rust didn't even spread beyond the exposed area. There is no rust anywhere else on the car. |