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04-08-2015, 06:59 PM
All you guys expect to see rust because you have been down that road before well I didn't. This is my first new truck purchase and on any other new vehicle's that I have purchased never have I had this kind of rust. Had the dealer let me know to expect rust of any kind would have made the situation different. I would have been prepared better and would have gotten them to under coat the truck ( on my dime) before I took Delivery. The rust wasn't just limited to the tie rods. The sales manager is the one who told me that this was excessive and the worst he had ever seen and that's the reason they were going to take care of it.
Maybe I was a little harsh.. Okay it's your first rodeo and many of us are sort of old-hands at some of this... Your initial post seemed rather boastful and irked me in a way because I know people in the business and some of them are doing their best to make an honest living and feed their families.
Had you explained that there was rust elsewhere and had shown pictures of that as well, maybe we would have reacted differently..
I'm sure you're going to enjoy your truck just like most of us are enjoying ours..
Regarding the undercoating they did - make sure that they did not plug the weep holes that are in the bottoms of the doors and elsewhere. Many of us have found that conventional rustproofing only makes the surfaces it is on look good, but rust actually starts on the inside and works its way out - even through the rustproofing eventually.. I am using Fluid Film as shown in pictures earlier. It's not a done once and forever process. It requires reapplication every 2-3 years in order to get the best protection. You also do the insides of the doors, quarters, fenders, rockers etc.. You can still do Fluid Film even though you have a conventional undercoating on your truck now..
Hang in there..
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04-08-2015, 07:05 PM
You can spray the exhaust and it will burn off slowly. The brake rotors should be avoided, but that's really it..
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04-09-2015, 04:31 AM
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Andy -
Maybe I was a little harsh.. Okay it's your first rodeo and many of us are sort of old-hands at some of this... Your initial post seemed rather boastful and irked me in a way because I know people in the business and some of them are doing their best to make an honest living and feed their families.
Had you explained that there was rust elsewhere and had shown pictures of that as well, maybe we would have reacted differently..
I'm sure you're going to enjoy your truck just like most of us are enjoying ours..
Regarding the undercoating they did - make sure that they did not plug the weep holes that are in the bottoms of the doors and elsewhere. Many of us have found that conventional rustproofing only makes the surfaces it is on look good, but rust actually starts on the inside and works its way out - even through the rustproofing eventually.. I am using Fluid Film as shown in pictures earlier. It's not a done once and forever process. It requires reapplication every 2-3 years in order to get the best protection. You also do the insides of the doors, quarters, fenders, rockers etc.. You can still do Fluid Film even though you have a conventional undercoating on your truck now..
Hang in there..
Maybe I was a little harsh.. Okay it's your first rodeo and many of us are sort of old-hands at some of this... Your initial post seemed rather boastful and irked me in a way because I know people in the business and some of them are doing their best to make an honest living and feed their families.
Had you explained that there was rust elsewhere and had shown pictures of that as well, maybe we would have reacted differently..
I'm sure you're going to enjoy your truck just like most of us are enjoying ours..
Regarding the undercoating they did - make sure that they did not plug the weep holes that are in the bottoms of the doors and elsewhere. Many of us have found that conventional rustproofing only makes the surfaces it is on look good, but rust actually starts on the inside and works its way out - even through the rustproofing eventually.. I am using Fluid Film as shown in pictures earlier. It's not a done once and forever process. It requires reapplication every 2-3 years in order to get the best protection. You also do the insides of the doors, quarters, fenders, rockers etc.. You can still do Fluid Film even though you have a conventional undercoating on your truck now..
Hang in there..
I wasn't trying to be boastful or thinking I got one over on my dealer. Sometimes the point I am trying to make doesn't always come out the way I want it to. Like I said I am a newbie to all this and am just learning the ropes. I have never heard of fluid film until it came up in this post. I will definitely look into it. I understand things rust and I do expect it to happen. I am now better prepared in case I ever go through the truck buying process again.
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04-09-2015, 07:07 AM
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04-09-2015, 09:44 PM
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I can't believe I've never heard of fluid film.
I have never seen an OEM driveshaft without rust on it so I expected rust on my trucks undercarriage. Do I wish everything underneath was rust free and painted or aluminum? Yeah, but I understand that you get what you pay for and painting every suspension piece is a bit over the top.
Fluid Film seems like a good option.
I have never seen an OEM driveshaft without rust on it so I expected rust on my trucks undercarriage. Do I wish everything underneath was rust free and painted or aluminum? Yeah, but I understand that you get what you pay for and painting every suspension piece is a bit over the top.
Fluid Film seems like a good option.
