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Old 09-27-03, 06:10 AM
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Unhappy my car has cancer

roof is starting to rust where it conects to the windsheild because I just found out water is able to pass through the rubber shielding around the window My choices??????? do i patch it up with the "cheese" shops use and then have to do it again in a year when it bubbles up or what??????

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Old 09-27-03, 09:33 AM
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I went to a cheese shop last year. They charged me $100 a spot and it looked amazing!!!

Next year, all 4 spots came back. He told me he would do them again for a lowered price.
But I won't go back to him.

Nothing beats OE paint.

I say go back to Lexus and ask them to refer you to one of their certified body shops.
Old 09-27-03, 09:56 AM
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That's the shop that put cheese in the fender last time the body shop is in the same complex as the Lexus dealership. so they send the cars there to have body work done. And you're lucky they charged you 100 i get charged in the 700 range.... I wouldn't even trust them to put a new fender in or anything.. i think they'd cheese it up and give it back.... I know the car s like 10 years old but still they should an honest job on it. Is that what they would do if it was 2002 sc430 that needed bodywork done (obviously not rust). Sorry I'm blabbing on but i'm sick of spending at least a grand every year for things that if they were done right I wouldn't have to. If I wanted to just replace the roof is that possible like replacing a fender? sorry i'm just pi@#ed sorry just letting out some steam
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The only way to get rid of the rust and stop it from coming back is it must be sandblasted !!!!!
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