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I was sitting (standing acutally) at the gas pump today, and was looking at the side panels of the MO, and the salt that was starting to build up (it snowed a few times here so the salters were out..)
and I noticed something wierd.. if you look at the back doors.. the door panels go all the way back and are actually part of the wheel well.. most cars have a 1" trim around the wheel well, where the panel is part of the side.
What the MO does is have a weather seal which is in there.. so if you look in the wheel well, you see
Door panel weather strip body panel (in wheel well)
Now, having a car in Canada for 15 years, I can tell that Salt will build up in the "crease" which faces the wheels, and start to rust the door, it also makes it easy for stones to hit the side door, and start the rust going..
Someone put my name down on the calendar.. in 4 years MO owners are going to be having major RUST problems on the rear doors..
and you can quote me on that..
and I noticed something wierd.. if you look at the back doors.. the door panels go all the way back and are actually part of the wheel well.. most cars have a 1" trim around the wheel well, where the panel is part of the side.
What the MO does is have a weather seal which is in there.. so if you look in the wheel well, you see
Door panel weather strip body panel (in wheel well)
Now, having a car in Canada for 15 years, I can tell that Salt will build up in the "crease" which faces the wheels, and start to rust the door, it also makes it easy for stones to hit the side door, and start the rust going..
Someone put my name down on the calendar.. in 4 years MO owners are going to be having major RUST problems on the rear doors..