Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
It would be interesting to see photo documentation of areas prone to rust through a couple of years on a given individual vehicle without any protection process other than maybe keeping it clean and then see one of these rust prevention schemes at work.
My 84 Honda has never seen snow and seldom temperatures below freezing here in Southern California and has no structural rust at all, just a couple of less than dime size surface spots.
Rust prevention chems and treatments etc are snake oil...rust prevention is engineered in to the vehicle from the inside out. You will always have the old timers though that swear by zbart as they think back to the 70s...just like guys using oil additives or putting pepper in their radiator. Most folks don't realized it but "rust proofing" voids your vehicles 5 year rust perforation warranty.
Not that it matters but as my source...my brother is a body engineer at a major domestic oem so we talk about this all the time. He's played a major role in some of the most popular and most common vehicles on the road today. Im very proud of him. I love geeking out and talking shop and the problems and fixes they find an make. Very cool stuff...engineers know their business inside and out.
It would be interesting to see photo documentation of areas prone to rust through a couple of years on a given individual vehicle without any protection process other than maybe keeping it clean and then see one of these rust prevention schemes at work.
My 84 Honda has never seen snow and seldom temperatures below freezing here in Southern California and has no structural rust at all, just a couple of less than dime size surface spots.
Rust prevention chems and treatments etc are snake oil...rust prevention is engineered in to the vehicle from the inside out. You will always have the old timers though that swear by zbart as they think back to the 70s...just like guys using oil additives or putting pepper in their radiator. Most folks don't realized it but "rust proofing" voids your vehicles 5 year rust perforation warranty.
Not that it matters but as my source...my brother is a body engineer at a major domestic oem so we talk about this all the time. He's played a major role in some of the most popular and most common vehicles on the road today. Im very proud of him. I love geeking out and talking shop and the problems and fixes they find an make. Very cool stuff...engineers know their business inside and out.
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