New here - thanks for any feedback/help on this. I'm looking at a 2001 Landcruiser - 128K miles on it - has about 2 east coast winters on it, rest in WA. Concerned about some undercarriage rust primarily on the skid plates - how's it look? Thoughts?
To buy or not to buy... - 01 Land Cruiser - under carriage rust...
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wouldn't scare me off if the price is right
surface rust is not a problem, it's just a matter of cleaning it. Mostly an aesthetics issue. Until it evolves into heavy rust that results in significant loss of steel and frozen fasteners.
Looks like the former still.
Looks like the former still.
That's not rust. Nothing to worry about there.
I'd say that is relatively clean, but everyone in the non-salt states will say run away. Pending better pics of the frame and important cross-members, I'd say go for it. What rust you have pictured looks like it could be cleaned up with a wire wheel and some basic rust treatment.
Doesn't look that bad to me and I have owned rusty ones. I would run away from even moderate rust but those pics don't scare me.
I'd be fine with that one - if you think you can remove bolts without snapping them you're good to go, imo.
I'm in the spoiled rust free part of Texas and that wouldn't scare me away. Looks manageable to me.
Ditto. And looks like surface rust as stated. If it's mostly on the skid plate, that can be removed and blasted/painted. Rotors get surface rust everywhere, no big deal there. Look at the bolts underneath and see how much is on them. If you or a shop need to wrench on it, that could prove difficult depending on how bad it is.
Childs Play as far as rust goes.
Treat it yearly with Fluid Film and worry no more.
Treat it yearly with Fluid Film and worry no more.
Ditto on the Fluid Film. I've been spraying it under mine for years now and it has halted all further rusting. Rust treatments are a wast of time and effort. Ask me how I know....
Fluid Film really works and it's easy. Just spray it on. I spray it inside the body panels too whenever I have something opened up.
Fluid Film really works and it's easy. Just spray it on. I spray it inside the body panels too whenever I have something opened up.
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Does anyone else have experience with something like Rust-Oleum Rust Inhibitor? I've been using that for about 3mon now and it seems to protect the steel components of the undercarriage very well. I do live in AR so we don't have all of the snow and road salts like the northern states but it has been doing its job so far and it makes cleaning the undercarriage a breeze when the next car wash comes around. Dirt and grim comes right off.
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