Can you have a controlled rusted look?

[BMWerke]

Yea Salt water and peroxide should do ya trick over night.

nope, an hour

[NC325iC]

i just pee'd all over my car, hoping it will smell some so i get that old beater POS smell. Ill go take a pic of it so you can smell it.

(cant wait till this fad catches on)

[JasonC]

i just pee'd all over my car, hoping it will smell some so i get that old beater POS smell. Ill go take a pic of it so you can smell it.

(cant wait till this fad catches on)

I hear ya on that!!!!


I don't get this rusty hood trunk thing... When ever i see a car with a whole rusty body panel, i got to think, they didnt have the money to paint the part, or they was too lazy to do it rite, or they just dont care about their car. Then people with "nice" cars go out and copy them on purpose, that just boggles the mind :???:

[StereoInstaller1]

I didn't realize how cool all those old pile of shit '78 monte carlos were when I lived in Flint, MI.

Apparently every broke-ass old motherfucker was just baller as hell and I did not know it!

[rThor432]

^Geeze. Just spit it out.

The previous owner of his car sprayed it with a paint that was full of ground copper. Then pee'd on it or something to oxidize the textured finish. You probably remember that, but now I've said it so everyone knows.

Hint- You could do the same with ground iron or steel..

[ogbimmer]

I didn't realize how cool all those old pile of shit '78 monte carlos were when I lived in Flint, MI.

Apparently every broke-ass old motherfucker was just baller as hell and I did not know it!

no,you gotta put $3000 dollar wheels on it first ;) lol

[u3b3rg33k]

surface rust will actually protect the metal below.

Lies.

There's a reason iron keeps rusting, and it's not magic.

[BoxDriver86]

Hell yeah! I like this look! I'm working on mine right now:

I just ordered a set of BBS RS01937536 off of Vortex for only $4,978! I'm gonna slam it too with -7.8 degrees of camber!

Seriously, I spend hours in my garage trying to fix my rust and you want to create it. I totally enjoy M. Burroughs car. I also like the old team rust VW crew that started this "rat stylez" trend back in '00-01. Problem is that if you are trying to stand out, this really isn't the way to do it anymore. Do a google search of "rusty vw" or "rusty bmw" and you'll find cars that were styled just this way. A lot of them.

I encourage people to try different things and shoot for a new look, but if we keep copying off of each other, the modification and restoration scene could be robbed of ingenuity. If you want to be different, try doing something that can't be classified in a google search. You can also do the rust thing. It's your car and your call. /rant

The Performance BMW issue No.07/2010 July article "Plan B" gives detailed information on how Mike Burroughs get his rust look to work.

[Need4Speed1299]

But this looks better and will actually last.

[ogbimmer]

Im bumping so you can have nightmares tonight ;)

sweet dreams lol

[dmjensen]

im doing a hood tomorrow. if your going to go through with it, go to your local junk yard and pick up a hood. don't rust your good hood incase you ever get sick of it..

[KennyT]

Im bumping so you can have nightmares tonight ;)

sweet dreams lol

Total beater status. This is how a rusted hood car should look, because you obviously don't give a fuck.

Surface rust is a whole different beast than rot. When water sits in a spot and is continuously soaked the rust eats holes. Surface rust like this will take years to cause much of a problem structurally. Just don't rust the entire hood; keep paint on the seams, under the hood, and on the linkage. Those crevasses will rot in short order.

If you want bare steel and slow rust but it with diesel or oil. This is how steel tube stock is kept most of the time and the combination of oil and slow rust will keep the metal in fairly good shape for a long time.

[caffeinatedsoap]

I rusted the top half of my car. Pretty easy. First off buy a real junker and it will come with a lot of rust to begin with. the problem with this rust is it is mostly around the rear valence, gas tank and jack points.

If you are wanting more than that buy the 3M scrub pads and an angle grinder and get to work. This is a pain in the ass and will take forever. I probably spent $50 on scrub pads and I haven't even finished it yet.

Next take salt (I prefer kosher salt as it is closer to sea salt and has a better taste.) mix in a good helping of water and just pour it all over the bare metal. Let it cook in the sun and you will start to show rust in no time!

[Rsully70sev]

Kind of an older thread, but here's one of our shop trucks. We found the paint at a winery, it was used to paint wine kegs to make them look rustic.

[mkoneod]

Kind of an older thread, but here's one of our shop trucks. We found the paint at a winery, it was used to paint wine kegs to make them look rustic.

I dig the girl, the truck, and the paint..