Well i took the car up to Montrose today to try to get some warranty things taken care of. On the list was the little white patch on both rear windows. I know Jamie and Kim were/are having similar issues. Well Sandy said that it wasn't covered under Warranty I'm kinda dumbfounded as i know there's others with the same issue. SOOO my goal is to try to see how many people have this issue so that i have some ammo next time i go in. Here's what i'm talking about:

Is it just discoloring? Have you ever used Maguires' Back to Black? I had similar things happen on the Civic and that product brought it back to the proper color.

Piper's car has a little bit... but it is a 2004. I don't think mine has anything (yet).

Mine are white....not quite as bad as the lapis, but gettin there. I keep forgetting to bring it up to her when I go in there. I'm not sure why it wouldn't be covered under warranty...unless it's just considered normal wear and tear? I'm surprised they don't have the black tape over it...

No, no, no, no. That is not the issue that I have. The issue that i have is actual rust spots on the black (vertical) part, not the white stuff. If you look the white stuff is just some sort of brazing material or something used to join the piece that forms the window track to the frame. it's going to be aluminum colored (white, whatever). I'd have to look at a newer car, but I'd imagine it might have been coated with the same black as the rest of the area, and it just flaked off? You'll pretty much have to deal with it. If it offends you mask it and rattle can it black.

I did some research BTW when i found the rust on mine. The corrosion warranty only covers body panels rusting through. It doesn't cover surface rust anyway.

Pics of my car for reference. Note the rust bubbles BELOW the white thing, that's the real issue on my car.

well i have a feeling that the white strip will lead to rusting. I was gonna use back to black, but why should i? There's something not right with the strip.

regardless, it's surface crap, they're not going to do anything about it after 12/12.

My car has 6 digits on the odo. it's a beater now hence I'll just sand/rattle can the area when I get around to it.

lol. I told him to use that on the phone last night before he posted this thread.

Great minds think alike

You did notice that it is a separate piece from the strip right? You know that when you have two different types of material they often take paint differently?

Why should you use back to black? Because you are annoyed with the little white strip and it isn't covered under warranty. Reason enough?

A lot of the problems with the windows will be fixed later this month.

Went to the launch event today in Clev. Heights. Fucking Windows 7 is amazing.

My 2006 MS6 was starting to rust-bubble in the same spot when I traded it at < 3 years / 79k miles.