Undercoating
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Undercoating
While under my 2004 F250 changing the oil, I noticed some light rust on body seams and the frame. I am thinking getting spray cans of undercoating and doing it myself. I plan to keep this truck for as long as possible.
Any hints, pitfalls, or other ideas?
Any hints, pitfalls, or other ideas?
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i am NOT an expert on this, but here is my intuition (worth less than $0.05).
Seems like that wouldn't be a problem.
BUT....... like painting a car, I would get the rust OUT OF THERE before coating it. I dunno, sanding it, whatever. It seems prudent to try to clean it all up before coating.....
Find a local Valuguard dealer, and call and ask them. You can buy product from them if you want to do it yourself, and they will probably be happy to answer a few ?s.
Seems like that wouldn't be a problem.
BUT....... like painting a car, I would get the rust OUT OF THERE before coating it. I dunno, sanding it, whatever. It seems prudent to try to clean it all up before coating.....
Find a local Valuguard dealer, and call and ask them. You can buy product from them if you want to do it yourself, and they will probably be happy to answer a few ?s.
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definatly get rid of the rest and if you cant get it all use some opf theat rust transformer stuff before you cover it , that should do the job
even if you use that stuff get as much of the rust off as you can then spray it
even if you use that stuff get as much of the rust off as you can then spray it
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I had my "95 Aerostar until this summer. Put 200K on it so you know it was not just sitting around. Also, I live in Northern Illinois so you know that it was exposed to a lot of salt too. No undercoating. The only spots i had rust were on the rocker panels. I agree with the others - fix up the spot with the rust and leave the rest alone, don't coat it. The trucks are pretty good these days!
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With it being a 2004, shouldn't the truck still have the warranty against rust? Take it to the dealer.
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Originally Posted by racinghoss
With it being a 2004, shouldn't the truck still have the warranty against rust? Take it to the dealer.
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when my truck was new i passed on the dealer undercoating, and had it ziebarted and then painted the driveshafts and whatever else was exposed when they were done. I remember seeing seam caulk and lots of exposed metal. take it to a pro such as ziebart and give the job to them. A couple hundred. No big deal. Suprised you are so slow. Bill