Let me start off by saying that i blame myself for not getting my new to me mini on a lift before purchasing it. I finally got around to getting her on a lift yesterday, and I was completely taken aback by what I saw. Apparently the previous owner lived very close to the ocean, so i'm assuming salt was an issue, but i couldn't understand why the areas surrounding the affected areas weren't rusted as well? It looks as though only certain areas (near the exhaust, controls arms, etc) have rusted, and it's pretty bad!

I've never had to deal with anything of this magnitude on any of my prior cars. Any thoughts, known remedies, comments? I'll take all the help i can get with this topic.

Thanks!

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Bump, any help/suggestions are appreciated.