After taking off my rear crash beam, I noticed this under the monting plates. This is more than a little surface rust. The metal is starting to pit and it is starting to spread under the nearby paint causing small bubbles underneath. Not a big deal for now, but years down the road I can promise that this will be a major problem. It seems that almost all cars have a spot like this somewhere on it that causee a certain panel or area to rust out years later. I guess that I found "that spot" on the Evo. I will be stripping the rust from effected area and treating it before I put the new bumper back on.

 

I have heard of a bunch of evos with this problem....

 

damn that sucks ...how long have you had your evo?

 

hmmm, since I've got my car nearly completly torn down, maybe I should take care of that (re: rear isn't completly down)

The same effect is on the front bumper, behind the impact bar. For those wanting to check/remedy their issue there as well. Though at that part, there's enough thick metal that it isn't a major issue. (re: will take a good long while)

 

old news welcome back to 2003

 

Ya think they would learn from the 70s rust buckets.

 

It's an 03. It saw one light winter use and that is it. Well taken care of and always clean.

 

that sucks, guess we should take care of that.

 

Seems like this wouldn't be a problem if mitsu would put the crash bar on after the car is atleast primer.

 

its hard to find a car that doesn't have this sort of spot somewhere...

 

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...ht=rust+bumper

 

From the looks of it, this is not a isolated case. paints the car with the crash beam on. So this spot gets no paint or even primer. Duh! This is going to be a problem for all of us. Would love to see this spot on an 03 that has been driven through several Northeast winters. It aint gonna be pretty!

 

anyone know of a write up on taking off your crash bar. I want to hit mine with some paint before it's a problem. Is it an easy job?

 

Either that, or the primer/coating wasn't allowed to properly cure prior to the crash beam being bolted on.

 

The crash bar is 4 12 mm bolts and takes about 35 seconds to take off. Taking off the bumper is a little more work. Probably about 45 minutes or so. Still not a big deal if you plan of keeping the car for a long time.