Meh it's fine. Just take a wire brush to them, spray with wd40 prior to removal. make sure they're clean when reinstalling or order new ones. not a huge deal.

 

You think that is rust?
Where are you located?

 

 

Seems minimal. I used BLASTER t removed rusted bolts. Worked very well.

 

You floridians are spoiled. You don't understand what freezing temps and snow melting salt does to a car.

I go down to Florida for vacation and see so many older pick-ups driving around looking super clean and up here in NJ you'd never see one on the road. Maybe rotting away in a junk yard but not driving. For a 2 year old car it looks clean especially coming from the Northeast. It sounds like your just used to cars from your area.

 

 

that's not really rust. the corrosion is just on the surface and will not eat through. solid metal objects you don't really have to worry about. It's the thin-walled sheet parts you need to worry about.

those bolts and nuts are all raw so naturally it'll act naturally. As long as the body or anything actually painted itself does not rust, you are fine.

 

I ended up changing the nuts and some bolts since the head was getting stripped and i didn't wanna deal with them in the future if i need to change to coils or something. I got my rsr down springs done and my ark exhaust, almost done with the ppe headers also! this has been a 3 day adventure for sure....i wish i had a lift to make it faster!

 

you can put a thin smear of anti seize or any grease really on the outside if you want to prevent it. maybe some marine grease so it won't wash off as easily

 

Considering where the car came from, that's pretty normal like Ciggy said.
Between road salt and brine, depending what they use in the particular in the area, the corrosion could be even worse.
My RSR Down install took 5 hours, 2 hours to install the springs, 3 hours to get all the bolts out...LOL!!! And that was with a hoist and air tools...good grief.

 

Now it's even worse with that compound they use made from beets.