guys, I picked up my X3 20i today in Melbourne Australia, good car. but later tonight I found a yellow hole on the corner of the door, looks bad. and I found same thing on each of the 4 doors, so is this by factory?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RZo...ew?usp=sharing
anyone has similar thing? just looks really bad
That's rust. And really bad if it's a new car. Was this a new delivery?
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It’s not rust. It’s excess rust prevention coating.
Correct. That is not rust. That hole is supposed to be there (it's a drain hole). The inside of the door is coated to prevent rust. What do they call that stuff, cosmolene?
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Whoops. Sorry. I was looking quickly on the phone... But did earlier Gen x3s have such large drains?
Again... My apologies for the snap (and mis) diagnisisq
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---"Angelina" '96 328isA S/C (The *sirius* ubercommuter) ERT/Vortech V2SQ with other goodies
"Man, your car is scary fast...." *Prestige BMW, Jan.18, 2003* (sold )
---"theStealth" '03 TiAg 325iT
---ZURV1 (Zombie Urban Response Vehicle) 2010 Chevy Surburban
---bmwcca member # 179740
Cavity wax and or cosmoline......
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Zbart anti rust coating and salt corrosion. But why in Australia? It is normally dealer done by third party. If it is Zbart it really works. It’s normally squirted in the rocker panels and a few other places and then they have to plug the holes where they insert the application wand. It is/ was big the the USA in snow country.
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That’s a factory applied rust prevention coating.
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