rust is normal

 

seem to be some mixed opinions on this, but in general i guess it's relatively normal. i wish i had never driven my car in the salt haha.

i'm not worried about it, but i get the feeling eventually things will have be to replaced

 

http://www.amazon.com/Eastwood-Rust-.../dp/B002Q6SYVS

Anyone know anything about this, or products like it?

 

normal, i've had my car since 03 and the underside doesn't look much different. It doesn't get much worse than that. survived 4 central PA winters and 2 NY ones.

I wouldn't worry to much. Wash the underside after driving on heavy salted roads now and again, and try not to bend/dent/damage anything. A dent in the metal creates an anode and will cause an piece of metal to rust.

 

gotcha.. hopefully someone's used that product i posted above and can give some feedback on it

 

ive used a paint-on rust coverter before on my eclipse. it actually did stop the rusting process. its worth a shot considering just painting over it wont stop the rusting process.

 

sounds good man

do you just spray it? have to tape anything? does it matter if it gets on metal that's not rusted, etc?

also, any recommendations for a particular brand rust converter?

 

This is the sort of product I was talking about in my above post.

http://www.ship-2-shore.com/

 

Wow, seems a bit excessive. Should definitely treat that

 

like almost everyone said, that's normal for a non desert environment car. Many of the cast and machined parts were painted first and then machined; the machined surfaces were then left bare with no paint or protection- which will immediately start rusting in most environments. And for some reason the welded parts like the crossmembers had poor paint coverage over the welds and start to rust here. If wouldn't worry about it. If you are, try the eastwood stuff. While I've not used that product, they generally sell pretty good stuff. You could probably get a similar product locally and save $10 in shipping though.

 

haha im crazy when it comes to rust too and I live in illinois with salted streets

 

Here's what I got:



The converter first, then spray the whole bottom of the car with the undercoating

What do you guys think? I kinda still want to get the Eastwood, seems really good and it's a spray..

 

my evo looks the same as yours, im about to try the rustoleum as well

 

I actually returned the rustoleum rust converter in favor of the eastwood spray, seemed more convenient, especially for the drivetrain area and just application in general. Kept the undercoating thing though, will apply that after I treat the rust

http://www.amazon.com/Eastwood-Rust-.../dp/B002Q6SYVS

Here's the product again in case anyone is wondering.

 

you need to treat the rust, then paint it. Undercoat is not a substitute for paint- it's main purpose is to protect floor pans and the underside of the car from rock chips and deaden sound. I wouldn't put undercoat on anything but the underside of the car body (floor pans, etc)- not on crossmembers. POR 15 is a durable paint that you can brush over rust that you might want to check out.