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Answer to: Best Undercoating   61Relevance 2 years ago Hixster Submit Your Question HERE
  Your location and your typical driving conditions are the deciding factors. That said, most vehicles will hold up fine as long as you rinse the salt and dirt off. Try searching the forums as this is fairly common question. Here's where it was discussed recently: undercoating
Answer to: Rustproofing   59Relevance 2 years ago Justin Shepherd Submit Your Question HERE
  You don't need an undercoating on a modern Toyota. Toyota has it down to a science for rustproofing from the factory. There is salt in the air, and any unprotected steel will start to rust, like control arms, etc. Once you get nicks in a rubber-based undercoating that penetrates to steel, rust will start there and more quickly spread underneath the now-compromised undercoating. If you do undercoat, undercoat with a self-healing undercoat, do not get rubberized undercoating.
Answer to: Question about undercoating   49Relevance 1 year ago Oskool Submit Your Question HERE
  Once every year and use an oil based undercoating such as Fluid Film or Krown. Spray it on in the summer when it's warm outside so the oil is warm and can creep deep inside areas of the car's body. The nice thing about oil based undercoating is you don't have to wash the underbody of the car. The oil will keep salt and water from sticking to the frame. Oil is a water displacer which is why water beads up on top of the oil and keeps the metal surface from rusting. The last thing you want to do is power wash the oil off. Don't put rubberized undercoating ...
Answer to: Rusting Concern On Underside of Vehicle, Surface Rust or Rust Rot?   47Relevance 2 years ago Justin Shepherd Submit Your Question HERE
  It's fine. It looks like it's been undercoated with rubberized undercoating. There have been nicks that have gotten through the rubber, and it's rusting near the nicks. Once the surface of the undercoating is compromised, rust will creep beneath the surface of the undercoating. It will eventually accelerate because there's moisture trapped between compromised undercoating and the steel. I would take it all back off.
Will transmission fluid work as an undercoating fluid?   37Relevance 3 years ago jb212 Submit Your Question HERE
  Hey Scotty. Any downsides to using transmission fluid for undercoating a vehicle? I realize its not great for the environment but i typically use less than 1 quart for my vehicle and then drive over a dusty road. It seems to stick pretty well. Any other issues like damage to electronics etc? I'm in eastern Canada with salt covered roads 6+ months per year so you really need to undercoat if you plan on keeping a vehicle. Main reason i ask is i'm out of "dripless" undercoating fluid and I have a couple quarts of transmission fluid in my garage left over ...
Undercoating on exhaust   37Relevance 4 years ago rrsj1987 Submit Your Question HERE
  Hi Scotty, I have a 2016 Toyota 4Runner with 86k miles. I live in Massachusetts, in the heart of the salt belt. I took it to a shop to get an undercoating done. While they did a thorough job, they were a little overzealous - they undercoated the exhaust system in addition to the entire underside of my vehicle. I've been noticing a burning smell when driving it since then, almost like asphalt being poured. I've been told the undercoating on the exhaust will "burn off" after a time. I haven't seen any flames, but the smell makes me nervous. Am I in trouble? ...
Answer to: Undercoating in Northern Ontario   37Relevance 5 years ago Marshall Sweet Submit Your Question HERE
  Getting an undercoating for your vehicle is always a good idea especially in places where it snows a lot like Canada. I'm not sure if where you live they put salt on the roads but when I lived in Minnesota they did and if you didn't have an undercoating your car would basically become a giant pile of rust.
Answer to: Question about undercoating   25Relevance 1 year ago scottykilmer Submit Your Question HERE
  Well, undercoating generally lasts for quite some time. The main thing is you have to rinse the salt off cuz you use salt in the winter and the roads all the time and that's what eats them up. My advice is to buy a monthly subscription to a car wash. That's what I used to do in Niagara falls. So you could rinse it off as much as you want
Answer to: Question about undercoating   25Relevance 1 year ago Oskool Submit Your Question HERE
  Ultimate Guide to applying undercoating.
Answer to: rubberized undercoating   25Relevance 2 years ago MountainManJoe Submit Your Question HERE
  search the forum for undercoating to see lengthy discussion
Answer to: rubberized undercoating   25Relevance 2 years ago jack62 Submit Your Question HERE
  Never use rubberized undercoating.
rubberized undercoating   25Relevance 2 years ago Shoaib Submit Your Question HERE
  is there any benifit of doing rubberized undercoating by permetix spray to prevent rust and sound dampening???
Best Undercoating   25Relevance 2 years ago Scotty609 Submit Your Question HERE
  Hey Scotty, What’s the best car undercoating available for preventing rust? Does the average suv/car need to get this applied every year? My car sits in the garage and I’m not sure if it’s worth it or not?
RE: What is your opinion on the following product as an undercoating: CRC 06026 Heavy Duty Corrosion Inhibitor, 10 Wt Oz ?   25Relevance 2 years ago mlevin30 Submit Your Question HERE
  Interesting. They don't mask off the brake pads and rotors, so those gets sprayed as well. I thought that was a no no when undercoating. They also got spray on the exhaust system, which will smell as it gets hot, but will eventually go away. Finally, they drill holes, which most likely would void my warranty I would think. What are your thoughts on their process?
Answer to: 2004 Toyota sienna undercharge rust...   36Relevance 11 months ago Justin Shepherd Submit Your Question HERE
  No, spraying rubberized undercoating is not recommended. As soon as rocks nick the undercoating, the rust will concentrate at that point, greatly accelerating it. I had good results with Fluid Film on my Ranger. If you can easily get to the rust, spray it with rust converter after thoroughly scraping loose rust off. I did that on the plates that cover the torsion bars on my Ranger's front suspension right after I bought it in 2019. The rust still hadn't progressed, 6 years later, and I live in Ohio.
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