Chrome Nerfs Rusting?
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Chrome Nerfs Rusting?
I was wondering if anyone else is having this problem. I have a set of factory chrome nerf bars on my SD. With all the salt and crap on the road and the freezing temps here in the North I didn't get to wash my truck for two weeks. I noticed the nerfs look to be a little pitted and maybe rusting. Maybe it will polish out. Too cold to find out. Has anyone else experienced this pitting problem? A friend of mine with a new SD is also having this problem. My truck is only three months old.
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then id say that some of the chrome is thin on the tubes. it is common fer it to start rustin over time, but 3 months is way to soon. id take it back to the dealer and see if they will replace it on a warranty.
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That started happening to mine and it wipes off easily. The rust spots on mine seemed to be sitting on the surface and I easily wiped one off by brushing my finger over it. The important thing is not to let it stay dirty. Wash it and don't worry about it.
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The Canadian winter has caused mine to rust, and it doesn't just wipe off either. I know these things rust, they all do, so I didn't really want them, I was going to try and find aluminum ones. My dealer guaranteed me they wouldn't. I had him put it in writing that the 3 year corrosion warranty applied to the nerf bars before I agreed to them. I fully intend to go down there right before my warranty expires and get a new set, and like a said before, I pity the service manager that tries to tell me no.
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Watch the rear wheels also, even though they are aluminum. My pricy forged M/T Challengers ended up pitted as heck after one Colorado winter driving on the new Mag-Chloride junk. It is supposed to be both vehicle and environment friendly compared to straight salt, yeah right. I figured they were ok being dirty a few weeks at a time since it was aluminum, boy was I wrong. Spent about 2 hours per wheel re-polishing the pits out.
I always rinse off the road grime after every rain and snowstorm now. Just make sure you don't do it when it is freezing out or you'll end up in a moving igloo.
I always rinse off the road grime after every rain and snowstorm now. Just make sure you don't do it when it is freezing out or you'll end up in a moving igloo.
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Chrome Nerfs Rusting?
I have the Ford factory Chrome nerf bars on my 2001 F-250sd. With the amount of salt applied to the roads in New Hampshire and the desire to keep these bars chrome I replace the oval Chrome bars with a piece of 2x3 angle iron for the winter. I drilled holes in the angle iron to match the holes in the stock nerf bar brackets. With the bars painted flat black and a piece of adhesive anti slip tape applied to the top section of the new bar it makes a good step and a great place to kick all the slush etc. off my boots prior to gettin in. I also found some stock F-250 steel wheels in the bone yard(take-offs) and run dedicated snowtire/steel wheels during the winter thus saving the stock aluminum.
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