rust starting to show
09-06-2007, 07:31 PM
#12
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RE: rust starting to show
ORIGINAL: marcuskeeler
Like I say, get the oil underspray treatment, it's cheap, cost me $110, and it makes the underside look awesome as well as Protecting it.
Like I say, get the oil underspray treatment, it's cheap, cost me $110, and it makes the underside look awesome as well as Protecting it.
Thanks budd.
09-06-2007, 07:53 PM
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RE: rust starting to show
ORIGINAL: 8178A
It is interesting that Ford does not paint many of the suspension and drive train parts.
It is interesting that Ford does not paint many of the suspension and drive train parts.
09-06-2007, 08:01 PM
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RE: rust starting to show
ORIGINAL: Nuke
Beware undercoatings! They can retain moisture and cause more damage than they're supposed to prevent.
Beware undercoatings! They can retain moisture and cause more damage than they're supposed to prevent.
It could theoretically trap moisture, but since everything is allowed to dry before the undercoat goes on, it shouldn't be an issue at any decent shop.
Anyhoo, if you're worried about rust down below, the undercoating/sealant into the body panels is probably the way to go.
Especially if you live somewhere that it snows and the roads are treated with salt/sand in the winter.
My "rust-proofing" was $450 plus a $50 touch-up once per year from now on. I live in wintery Canada, so body rust is likely after a few years, and this is a relatively cheap way to go considering the thousands of dollars you'd spend on body work/repainting if the car starts to rust in a few years.
On the downside, they ripped one of my rocker-panel stripes and got gooey sealant on my car, but whatever, that's just because they're sloppy assh-les, not because rust-proofing is a bad idea.
09-07-2007, 05:37 PM
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RE: rust starting to show
ORIGINAL: Nuke
Beware undercoatings! They can retain moisture and cause more damage than they're supposed to prevent.
Beware undercoatings! They can retain moisture and cause more damage than they're supposed to prevent.
That has to be the dumbest thing yet I've heard on these forums, undercoating is sealant not a sponge! The only way it could trap moisture is ifit was applied when the car was wet, which I'm sure would not happen!I just got done taking the body off a 1967 Galaxie 500, a 40 year old car, the only places that had rust on them were...tada, the spots where they didn't apply the undercoating to. And I might add that stuff is a real bugger to get off metal surfaces!
