Rust concern?

Just a Jeep

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looking to purchase a 2004 TJ and the owner sent me this video of the frame. It’s hard to tell is it’s just surface rust or something more. The vehicle is about a five hour drive away. Looking for opinions on weather or not it’s worth the drive.

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did Michael J Fox do the recording? If it were me I would want footage from the other side and an attempt to look at the inside of the frame as well..
 
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looking to purchase a 2004 TJ and the owner sent me this video of the frame. It’s hard to tell is it’s just surface rust or something more. The vehicle is about a five hour drive away. Looking for opinions on weather or not it’s worth the drive.

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Looks much better than mine! But it is the inside of the frame that is what is important.

I stopped driving mine in the winter and rain to try to preserve it as long as I can.
 
From the outside it looks to be ok but you will want to see slightly inside the frame. So flashlight and camera in some of the holes.

There is clearly rust and if its on the outside its likely worse on the inside.