Re: Advice for protecting a southern truck from road salt
[Re: 05dakota]
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11/21/08 12:19 AM
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The salt mixture here is extremely corrosive & once it starts to rust it has amazed me on how fast it will spread & it is very aptly named cancer. I just switch to a beater for the winter.
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Re: Advice for protecting a southern truck from road salt
[Re: goldmember]
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11/21/08 01:01 AM
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Send it back to the south.
Or park it & drive a beater...
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Re: Advice for protecting a southern truck from road salt
[Re: goldmember]
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11/21/08 01:02 AM
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If you absolutely have to drive it in the winter, the best I've seen is the dripless oil undercoating they use in Canada. I'm sure it is used in some states, just don't know which ones, and certainly not Michigan.
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Re: Advice for protecting a southern truck from road sa
[Re: gamagoat6x6]
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11/21/08 02:04 AM
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Move to a climate that can support human/vehicle life or park it. Drive in salt, it will rot, period.
Do not agree with that at all.
Oil spray yearly. This will prevent rust. It is messy, costs almost $100 per year, rough on your parking spot for a while but it works great. Oily metal will not rust.
It's is not the cure all, end all. You can't oil EVER"YTHING and EVERYWHERE. Some also gets washed off by the slush splashing off your tires but it will slow the cancer to almost nothing.
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Re: Advice for protecting a southern truck from road salt
[Re: b5rr]
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11/21/08 08:17 PM
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There is only one guarantee. If you drive it, it will rot out. If you park it in the same garage as you park your daily vehicle, it will rot out.
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Re: Advice for protecting a southern truck from road salt
[Re: b5rr]
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11/21/08 09:13 PM
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Wow, lots of smart #%#$ answers I never thought about. Thanks for those who gave a genuine response. I'm not so much worried about the underside, I won't be driving it daily and I will wash it more than regularly. I was really looking to protect the lower 1/4 of the truck on the exterior with some kind of clear chip guard and though maybe someone could recommend what they've used.
The first place you should be worried about is the underside! Thats where the rust starts and by the time it starts bubbling the paint, it's too late. You need to start on the underside first, then give the paint a good polish. Even that wont stop it from rusting. Good luck.
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Re: Advice for protecting a southern truck from road salt
[Re: krw71ragtop]
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11/21/08 10:08 PM
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Fix any chipped paint areas, making sure there is no bare nor primered metal exposed. Interesting info regarding car washes above. Even if the car wash uses clean water (which is good), if the temp gets below freezing and there's water in places you don't want it (panel seams, inside doors, etc.), it'll freeze and expand, exposing fresh metal. This is usually how you get rusting from the inside out, especially on door bottoms and around wheel well arches- paint rarely ever gets applied there when the car is painted at the factory, so it's already a weak spot. If you do wash it in very cold weather, dry it as best you can, and if you have a garage to park it in, do it...even if it's not heated. My '90 Astro's body has held up very well after driving through three WI winters so far. Native WA state van 'til '04, it was 99% rust free, and despite some roof rust starting, it is still in great shape. I'll be honest, I don't wash it in winter unless we get a 40*+ day on a weekend when it can dry in the sun, but I take care of any chips and make sure there's no bare metal exposed. Remember, it's not the salt that causes rust, but rather bare metal and water in the presence of oxygen. Does salt accelerate areas that have started to rust? Heck yeah it does, but the freeze/thaw cycles in winter are the real enemy.
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