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Originally Posted by gmercoleza
The rust explanation is simple - the W124 has galvanized sheet metal while the W210 does not. I too have a couple rock chips with exposed metal. They have been that way for a while and no rust forms on them due to the sacrificial ions from the galvanizing dip.
Do a search here on the forum, there was a W210 owner who did not live in the rust belt (I think he was in SoCal) and washed/waxed his car religiously. He discovered all the doors rusting around the weatherstrips and had to have all of them replaced by the dealer (goodwill). Yikes!
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Interesting about the galvanized sheet metal. What exactly the "gavanization" process do? I assume it was left out on the W210 for cost reason? I forgot to mention that there are alot of G500's up here that the door hinges are rusting out.
One mechanic told me that they dont dip the cars anymore, they just spray them. Whether thats true or not is beyond me.
Thanks for the info.