GW,

You got that salt air floating around year round in Hawaii to rust your
cars.

I was in Ouaha & Maui in 1985 and saw cars that had rust in places you
never seen rust on cars in Chicago, NY, Philly.  And were in the rust
belt!  Hawaii cars had lot of rain gutter rust, The painted window
frames around the side windows had rust top edge and the edges of the
widow fraes where the weatherstrip contacted the paint, tops of fenders,
roofs and hoods  were covered in fine coating of rusty.  Touching some
of the cars felt like rubbing you hand over 150 gritt sandpaper, it was
uncanny.

Here in Chicago, The 87-91 Bonnevilles I see around here have held up
pretty good. There are some that have faded paint jobs, surface rust and
a few that are rusty out pretty bad. The 87-91 SSE's seem to rust out
more than the LE / SE due to the extra body cladding along the bottom of
the car. On the doors that plastic cladding comes up about 14 inches
from the bottom.  There are at least 9 molding clips on each door to
hold them on, plus screws from the inside.

There is an arab woman in the adjoining suburb to me that is driving a
gold 88 /89 SSE that has a hole so big through the rear door above the
body molding that you could put your foot into. Again, It rusted out
around the molding clip studs. All down the tops of her moldings are  3,
4 and 5 inch diameter circles of rust. Some broke through, but that one
on the rear door is really something.

The 92-96 generation Buick LeSabre and Park Avenues I see here seem to
have a problem with the rocker panels rotting away. This occurs at the
front as well as the back and even the middle. These are models that
have exposed rockers with no attached moldingson them.

Now the 92-96 Olds 88 / 98's didn't seem to have that problem with their
rocker panels rotting away, nor did that generation of  Bonnevilles.

My 91 has three little areas that have rusted through unfortunately. The
1/4 panel behind the LR Door where the damn molding clipped on and two
spots on both 1/4 panels where they meet the bumper fascia right at the
wheel opening.
Same spots  see on other Bonneviles like mine rust there too.

Fenders & doors are solid yet. The hood is rusting from the inside out
along the pinch seams over both headlights. The hood roof & trunk has
haze cracks in the paint. I knew I shouldn't of gotten black car.

harryface
05 Park Avenue 54,202
91 Bonneville 309,044