Bubbling Paint

[jsmith21]

I think I know the answer to this unfortunately, but this is a sign that my rear lift gate is rusting under the paint isn't it? Anyone else had this problem?

 

[NuclearN8]

I think you are correct.
Our 05 corrolla looked like that in spots on the roof (same color paint) and I masked it off as small as possible, sanded, primed, painted, and cleared that little section. been good for 3 years since and because it's smaller than a dime in size it's real hard to tell unless you're really inspecting the paint up close.

Or you can skip that whole process and look on the bright side... gives you another reason to break out the plastidip!

 

[jsmith21]

I think you are correct.
Our 05 corrolla looked like that in spots on the roof (same color paint) and I masked it off as small as possible, sanded, primed, painted, and cleared that little section. been good for 3 years since and because it's smaller than a dime in size it's real hard to tell unless you're really inspecting the paint up close.

Or you can skip that whole process and look on the bright side... gives you another reason to break out the plastidip!

Im not sure how the lift gate would look plasti dipped...and I'm cautious to sand and paint myself. May take it by a body shop and see how much the damage would be to fix it and make sure it doesn't happen again. :shrug:

 

[KBToys]

my last two 4runners had issues with rust on the tail gate. Mine all started rusting by the rear window. My last one I did have a body shop repair it but 2 years later it started rusting again.

 

[Speedy Gomez]

my last two 4runners had issues with rust on the tail gate. Mine all started rusting by the rear window. My last one I did have a body shop repair it but 2 years later it started rusting again.

Wow! What year?

 

[KBToys]

My 2004 was rusting bad and I saw some rust bubbles on my 2007

 

[jsmith21]

Yeah, mines 2008! That's why I'm shocked. It's barely 6 years old. I'm going to talk to Toyota but I doubt they'll do anything.