Should I be concerned

[smithk3933]

Ok I found what I thought was the perfect Tahoe for me... 05, Z71, Silver, all the options, great price only 30k miles. Just when I thought I found THE car, I look underneath and notice quite a bit of rust on various suspension components. The bottom of the shocks, front axles, drive shaft, etc.

I looked at the CARFAX and it shows it spent first two years in Ohio. I looked at a couple of other nice examples several of which were from the northern states and they all seem to show a similar amount of rust. On examples that have spent their life in the south, very little rust on components.

My question is should I be concerned or is this normal surface rust?

Thanks for the feedback.

Keith

 

[EasyRyder]

its normal surface rust for vehicles up here.

if it bothers you that much but still want the truck, sand it and paint it when you get it.

 

[ugachs24]

Yeah, I just looked under my 2004 and it's rusting some, too. It's spent probably 3 years in Georgia and a year in Florida. The year in Florida is probably what did it. As long as it isn't giving me any trouble I'll pretend it's not there haha.