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 Re: Stopping Rust!!
[Re: 89PU]
#798501
03/21/07 12:59 AM
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Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 669
Rock Warrior
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the best way to repair is cut it out and replace with new metal. ive had not that great luck with rust-stopping products. even por-15 dosen't really stop it.
fix any structural issues, new sheetmetal etc. and paint it.
as far a preventing rust, the BEST possible thing you can do is keep it clean and oil undercoat it yearly. i live in NH and have to deal with lots of salt and general nastiness. the only reason both of my trucks are still in one piece is they were always oil coated.
-matt
-'88 toy x-cab, SAS, chevys, gears, lockers, free tires, dented body mod.
-'87 4runner, bone stock DD
"It's OK to do stupid things, as long as you are not stupid about it."
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Re: Stopping Rust!!
[Re: eightyeight]
#798502
03/21/07 01:16 AM
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,856
Body Damage is Cool
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Gotta travel to Canada to get it done, but that's a good excuse to visit old friends and drink some beer. Yeah ... some great CANADIAN beer ... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> the best way to repair is cut it out and replace with new metal. ive had not that great luck with rust-stopping products. actually .. the VERY BEST WAY .. http://www.toyotafiberglass.com .. for the body .. and in my opinion , for the frame .. soak it in oil .. used oil is even good ..
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Re: Stopping Rust!!
[Re: CJM]
#798503
03/21/07 02:30 AM
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 475
Mudrunner
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and in my opinion , for the frame .. soak it in oil .. used oil is even good .. Corey beat me to it. My buddie's dad turned me onto spraying used oil everywhere. He puts it in frames, in doors, inside the fender wells, prety much everywhere rust starts. Yeah, it's a hell of a mess but he has 2 old Chevy 4X4s, a 71 3/4 ton and a 74 1 ton, both in near perfect original shape that are rolling proof that it works. Both trucks were driven often and have been in PA since new. Good luck. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
"If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly".
85 22RE, 5spd 4Runner project
87 Turbo Truck, Boost Controller, otherwise stock... for now.
86 Turbo 4Runner, Project
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Re: Stopping Rust!!
[Re: sindersblue]
#798504
03/21/07 06:23 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 233
Wheeler
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I live in Mankato, MN. It is a river valley so they salt at mention of snow/ice/frost! Rust creeps into everything! If you don't want it to rust here, you don't drive in the winter. Has anyone tried those anode cathode devices, or those electric rust preventers? Supposedly gas stations use them on their gas storage tanks and ships use them on their hulls.
America's first fourwheel drive was built in Mankato, MN by Ernest Rosenburger in 1908 who founded Four-Traction Auto Co. on Hickory Street. The company though successful closed in 1913.
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