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Arthur Collins · 07-31-2015, 02:47 PM

I was washing my car last week and discovered that my rear diffuser looked melted. So I looked under the car and saw a bus load of rust. I almost dropped a brick in my pants but I should be covered under warranty right? Has anybody had any similar problems.

Destructo09 · 07-31-2015, 03:06 PM

If it's rusted through anything then you should be covered. I think it has to be perforated though, not just surface rust.

BlackSmoke · 07-31-2015, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Arthur Collins

I was washing my car last week and discovered that my rear diffuser looked melted. So I looked under the car and saw a bus load of rust. I almost dropped a brick in my pants but I should be covered under warranty right? Has anybody had any similar problems.

Have you had GFX or exhaust installed? There shouldn't be that kind of rust underneath the car. I feel for you because I would about drop a brick too. I would be on the horn right away with your dealer to find out about the warranty. I am curious to what has caused it.

Keep us updated.

Homeless Man · 07-31-2015, 04:04 PM

Well post some pictures of the rust

Arthur Collins · 08-01-2015, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackSmoke

Have you had GFX or exhaust installed? There shouldn't be that kind of rust underneath the car. I feel for you because I would about drop a brick too. I would be on the horn right away with your dealer to find out about the warranty. I am curious to what has caused it.

Keep us updated.

My car is bone stock with 21000 miles but they are checking if I am covered rust under warranty. At least they gave me a loaner because they said that I had other problems that had to do with warranty.

Arthur Collins · 08-01-2015, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Destructo09

If it's rusted through anything then you should be covered. I think it has to be perforated though, not just surface rust.

It has turned the metal weak under the left rear floor.

Arthur Collins · 08-01-2015, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Homeless Man

Well post some pictures of the rust

This is what Is what I saw first so put it on facebook and the rust is on the inside too. The car was dropped off at the dealer yesterday so I cant show the rest.

Scott@Bjorn3D · 08-01-2015, 05:51 AM

Dude, you have a ton of salt on the underside of your car. You are going to get surface rust like that if you do not keep the underside clean by washing off the salt.

Destructo09 · 08-01-2015, 10:05 AM

Yeah, that road salt up there is going to rust anything out if not cleaned off.

BlackSmoke · 08-04-2015, 11:10 AM

Wow that is just terrible. I bet that is the reason is the road salt. I had a issue myself this past winter. I also have a 2013 mega cab ram 3500 Dually and I had taken it to the car wash to rinse it off. I saw this white stuff that look like cement under the drivers side fenders and thrown up on the running boards, bottom of the trucks doors etc. I sprayed and sprayed but the stuff wasn't budging at all. A long story short I went through 3 bottles of goof off and a ton of arm muscle scrubbing. Endless amount of money into the car wash just to get rid of it. It ate through the clear coating that was put on the truck from the factory on the front of the Dually fenders. I had never seen anything like it before.

I finally got it off the painted sections first and then the rest but it took a lot of time. In your case the salt makes sense underneath but I still am wondering which part shifted - the rear defuser or the exhaust to cause the tips to melt the defuser like it has.

Hicompression · 08-04-2015, 11:41 AM

Looks like someone was using the edge of the diffuser cut-outs to pry on the exaust tips to get them better centered. Doesn't look like melting to me. You can sand the blemishes out and no-one will ever know. Ask me how I know...

myold88 · 08-04-2015, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Hicompression

Looks like someone was using the edge of the diffuser cut-outs to pry on the exaust tips to get them better centered. Doesn't look like melting to me. You can sand the blemishes out and no-one will ever know. Ask me how I know...

I was also wondering why the exhaust openings are damaged on both sides.
Has nothing to do with salt. I'm thinking there's a little more to this story.

BlackSmoke · 08-04-2015, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Hicompression

Looks like someone was using the edge of the diffuser cut-outs to pry on the exaust tips to get them better centered. Doesn't look like melting to me. You can sand the blemishes out and no-one will ever know. Ask me how I know...

Hmm now that you mention it - it does look more of some prying going on than melt.

07-31-2015, 02:47 PM	#1
Arthur Collins Police Magnet No more V6 Drives: 2011 Camaro 1LT/RS To 2017 50th 2SS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Alexandria VA Posts: 58	Rust and melted diffuser I was washing my car last week and discovered that my rear diffuser looked melted. So I looked under the car and saw a bus load of rust. I almost dropped a brick in my pants but I should be covered under warranty right? Has anybody had any similar problems.

07-31-2015, 03:06 PM	#2
Destructo09 Drives: 2010 CGM Camaro 2SS/LS3 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Raleigh-Durham Posts: 1,409	If it's rusted through anything then you should be covered. I think it has to be perforated though, not just surface rust. __________________ 2010 2SS BMR 1" Springs Koni Orange struts/shocks 1LE rear sway bar SRP Racing Pedals Hurst Billet short shifter Square tire/wheel setup Elite Engineering Catch Can Stainless Power longtubes/highflow cats K&N Typhoon CAI RPM Motorsports of Garner, NC dyno tune (421 RWHP)

07-31-2015, 04:04 PM	#4
Homeless Man Homeless Life Chose Me Drives: LS3 (sold 4/21) Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Streets of Philly Posts: 3,650	Well post some pictures of the rust __________________ Pity a man in familiar places, who yet feels like a stranger.

08-01-2015, 10:05 AM	#9
Destructo09 Drives: 2010 CGM Camaro 2SS/LS3 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Raleigh-Durham Posts: 1,409	Yeah, that road salt up there is going to rust anything out if not cleaned off. __________________ 2010 2SS BMR 1" Springs Koni Orange struts/shocks 1LE rear sway bar SRP Racing Pedals Hurst Billet short shifter Square tire/wheel setup Elite Engineering Catch Can Stainless Power longtubes/highflow cats K&N Typhoon CAI RPM Motorsports of Garner, NC dyno tune (421 RWHP)

08-04-2015, 11:10 AM	#10
BlackSmoke Drives: 2013 Black SS 1LE Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tennessee Posts: 315 View My Garage	Wow that is just terrible. I bet that is the reason is the road salt. I had a issue myself this past winter. I also have a 2013 mega cab ram 3500 Dually and I had taken it to the car wash to rinse it off. I saw this white stuff that look like cement under the drivers side fenders and thrown up on the running boards, bottom of the trucks doors etc. I sprayed and sprayed but the stuff wasn't budging at all. A long story short I went through 3 bottles of goof off and a ton of arm muscle scrubbing. Endless amount of money into the car wash just to get rid of it. It ate through the clear coating that was put on the truck from the factory on the front of the Dually fenders. I had never seen anything like it before. I finally got it off the painted sections first and then the rest but it took a lot of time. In your case the salt makes sense underneath but I still am wondering which part shifted - the rear defuser or the exhaust to cause the tips to melt the defuser like it has. __________________ K & N Cold Air Intake, 25% window tint, 2 sets of 6000K LED fogs added, bow ties delete, Pypes catback mid exhaust, MGP Caliper covers, Spyder projection HID 6000K lighting with dual CCFL halos, Technostalgia Rapid Fire LED Tail Lights, blacked out rear bezels, Oracle Ghosted side marker lights, Platinum Ultra Rims, LED tag, dome, trunk lighting, Razzi Ground Effects, Billet Grille, Oracle Concept Mirrors, Eibach Pro Springs, GM Strut Tower Brace and LED lit door sills.

08-01-2015, 05:51 AM	#8
Scott@Bjorn3D Drives: Kami, 2013 2SS LS3 Luvin Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Eufaula, Alabama Posts: 6,427	Dude, you have a ton of salt on the underside of your car. You are going to get surface rust like that if you do not keep the underside clean by washing off the salt.

08-04-2015, 11:41 AM	#11
Hicompression Rumbly Bumble Bee Drives: 2010 2SS Camaro Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: DFW Posts: 1,469	Diffuser Looks like someone was using the edge of the diffuser cut-outs to pry on the exaust tips to get them better centered. Doesn't look like melting to me. You can sand the blemishes out and no-one will ever know. Ask me how I know... __________________ 2010 RALLY YELLOW 2SS 6M -OBX Longtubes FTW!