front royal corrosion control?

[stinkytevas]

anyone on here own the 100 on the front royal corrosion control's site?
was just looking at their site and it seems like it may have been posted to their FB in august.
just looking to see if it was a good experience etc.
seems like it may be worth doing if you, like me, are not the type to stand under your rig for hours with airtools

 

[iptman]

Thinking about opening up something similar in Harrisonburg

You get anywhere with this idea BK? $600-900 seems like there's a lot of meat on that bone for a lanolin based undercoating.

 

[bkfj40]

Hoping to get the building permit approved still this year. $600 seems like there is still room to eat!

 

[unleashd]

I had my LX470 undercoated by them in Oct 2021. I paid a total of $525 then for everything - wash the dirt, blow it dry, descale the rust (whatever little was there) , naturalize, and coat. Back then, they had coated everything including the trans, exhaust, engine, bumpers. Coming out of Shenandoah onto I66, I must've smoked the entire town to make them mosquito free for a year The coating was good and would occasionally smoke off the hot exhaust up until earlier this year when I sold the LX. Looks like they changed their methods now.

This is the material they use(d)

 

[1MOA]

He quoted me $650 for a 4runner. I am going to go over there tomorrow and let him look at it.

 

[iptman]

Man...I don't know about that black tinted Woolwax. Do they offer the clear/opaque version as well? The black makes it look like you're trying to hide the rot.

 

[Pulgasari]

I took my truck there earlier in the month, here are some notes in case anyone is thinking about it:

• My appointment was on a Saturday, and on Saturdays they're appointment only, Saturday appointments will be at 8:30 AM unless someone else has already reserved that slot, in which case it'll be scheduled for 11:30 or noon
• You need to pay a $50 deposit when scheduling the appointment
• They offer undercarriage washing for $100, but that's done outside subject to the weather; there was terrible weather when I went, so I wasn't able to get my underside washed (somehow, despite driving through all this mud for the last 2 years, I apparently didn't need it anyway)
• If your car comes in with road salt, there's some kind of $50 treatment they offer, which I was happy to pay for
• They offer 3 coating options: black tinted coating, clear coating, and black coating on the sides/clear coating underneath (I went with that last option)
• It takes about 3 hours
• You're not supposed to do heavy offroading or undercarriage washing for 60 days following the coating
• They use a woolwax/lanolin based product, but it's not straight woolwax, it's called Berkebile PFC
• The coating should last 4-5 years, for $300 extra upfront they will coat/touch up the vehicle once a year for the next 4 years
• If you want frame pictures, make sure to ask at the start, otherwise they'll just get started with the coating
• I didn't tell them to do this, but they did touch up some light surface rust on the underside that was supposed to be clear coated (mostly places I had scraped the frame against a rock), so if you don't want that, make sure to let them know

My total OTD cost was $650 + tax, $600 was the base rate plus $50 for the road salt treatment. Staff were very friendly and gave me a free t-shirt and a can of black Berkebile PFC. I think the main guy also knew a bit about LCs, when I got the truck back the AHC was in H and the odometer was on total, I guess he wanted to see the mileage.

Overall I was very happy with my experience. I'm sure it's a lot cheaper to DIY, but I don't have the space/time/tools/skills. I'm very happy I threw some money at this problem and would recommend their service to anyone in a similar position.

 

[Pulgasari]

Two weeks ago almost all of my rear diff fluid unexpectedly left the chat. After pulling the breather off, it seems like the valve was covered in undercoating and wasn't able to release heat properly.

I don't know if they left the valve unprotected while spraying the truck, or if they covered it up but some grime from elsewhere on the undercarriage ended up on the valve later, or if something else got into the valve (although I doubt this, my vehicle hasn't left pavement since I got the undercoating). Regardless, I'm pretty sure this wouldn't have happened had I extended the breather before getting the undercoating.

So, if you're thinking of getting this done, it's probably a good idea to extend the diff breathers first.

Pretty quiet in here... what are you working on?

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[1MOA]

Two weeks ago almost all of my rear diff fluid unexpectedly left the chat. After pulling the breather off, it seems like the valve was covered in undercoating and wasn't able to release heat properly.

I don't know if they left the valve unprotected while spraying the truck, or if they covered it up but some grime from elsewhere on the undercarriage ended up on the valve later, or if something else got into the valve (although I doubt this, my vehicle hasn't left pavement since I got the undercoating). Regardless, I'm pretty sure this wouldn't have happened had I extended the breather before getting the undercoating.

So, if you're thinking of getting this done, it's probably a good idea to extend the diff breathers first.

Pretty quiet in here... what are you working on?

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or tape off the breathers before the service. I bet if you told them about this they would incorporate that into the service in the future. They might take pity on your plight and throw you a discount on something in the future.