Cruiser rust (2 Viewers)

[Dave 2000]

Nice job, I will let you do mine for nothing if you ask nicely

ShaunTRD, I did not give you permission to photgraph the underside of my car!! Oh...... it's not mine, it's just as rusty but yours in an auto, that's the only way I could tell...sorry about that

regards

Dave

 

[Rusty]

Cruiser rust eh?

Heres what I had to cut out of my door lol....... Now just use your imagination to picture the rest of the van.

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Wow that is rust!! I had no idea how bad cars rotted back east from road salt exposure. My Dad had a '92 Suzuki Swift commuter car and I remember my Uncle telling him that he was surprised to see that it was not rotten after 10 years, he stated that in Ontario that his car would have rusted out years ago. Now I have a pretty good visual of road salt corrosion back east.

I put my LX450 into hibernation every winter here in B.C. so it doesn't rot; our roads get sanded and salted heavily perhaps only two or three times a winter (on the odd day that we get snow and not rain!) but even at that I cringe at that thought of all that slushy salty solution working its way into the undercarriage and body of the truck.

Having owned several 60 series that had gone rotten I vowed not to let my 80 go like that - but I must admit that my 60 series was nowhere near as bad as pictured above.

I'm sure it's not the best solution for all for financial reasons, but if you need a 4x4 for winter driving buy a cheaper AWD car or a 4 wheel drive truck/suv that you don't care as much about and park the Cruiser until the warm weather and camping/wheeling season returns.

That's my solution to corrosion prevention!

 

[JCruse]

Isn't Corrosion-X for bare metal?

I think what you'd want for re-painted or even new painted frames etc is something like LPS #3. That's the waxy "Waxoyl" type of protectant. Fluid Film also, but that works on already rusted parts too. But I guess already rusted but painted over is kind of a grey area, so...

I would think this type of converter would be good for rusty frame/suspension parts that you will be painting: Rust Reconverter LT

 

[superjuice]

It's supposed to bond with metal, bare or rusted and displaces any moisture as creeps, even vertically, and that's its claim to fame. I won't say it's better than X Y or Z, but this stuff works and I'm sold on it. After 5 years in the rust belt my undercarriage looks the same as it did when started this thread. I'll take some pictures in the morning, I re-applied a few weeks ago for the first time in over a year. I use their Rejex product on my truck and boat as well, that stuff is amazing too. It's like rainx for any non porous surface, wipe on wipe off. It's all about the polar bonding I guess. Like I said, it works for me and I'm sticking with it.

CorrosionX Polar Bonding technnology

 

[JCruse]

I use Corrosion X to lube and protect the bearings in my fishing reels and haven't lost a line roller bearing since I started using it. They just sit there getting salt water dripped down on them all day long.

 

[Zimbwanabe]

Good God I'm glad I live in the desert!!

 

[Golgo13]

@superjuice how is this holding up? Have you had to do much work/re-work to it since?

 

[JCruse]

Good God I'm glad I live in the desert!!

I just may show up at your door for a visit one day.

 

[mdeane]

I did the same thing today, 4 hours of wire brush, two thick coatings of OSPHO, and now Rustoleum Satin Black. Finishing this weekend. My results aren't as pretty, but nuts and bolts are reappearing