I bought my truck at a dealer here in Ohio and it was shipped here from Texas, The body and chassis are in excellent condition (NO SALT) and I was thinking about getting it undercoated so it stays that way. I talked to a few buddies and they turned me away from Ziebart...says it holds the moisture in if not completely dried or if you break the seal somehow. One of my friends told me about Rustcheck it's like an oil sprayed underneath and in the doors that creeps in the nooks and crannys. I don't know if I should just leave it alone and see what happens over time or get it undercoated? Any comments would be appreciated! Thanks...Brandon

 

an oil that goes in the doors and interior panels is a good idea, you don't want an undercoating that "seals" as it'll hold water in places you don't want it held!

spray your undercarriage down with diesel

 

I get a gallon of peanut oil from the grocery store and spray it on with a garden sprayer once a year. I used old motor oil a time or two, but the peanut oil seems to work as well and wont kill the fishies and birds. It's a mess when you go to work on something though.

 

While I have no personal experience with the product my uncle swears by his RustEvader. It is an electronic rust inhinitor and as far as I can tell it works. His truck is a '98 Ram 1/2 ton, but only has about 50K on it. It is after all his winter/utility vehicle so it doesn't get used hardly at all in the summer. He lives in Jefferson in the middle of the snow belt and I am still puzzled as to why there is no rust on the frame welds, under the doors, or the inner fenders. He treats his daily drivers pretty rough and I can confidently say that the truck does not get washed until the spring.

 

I just purchased a 5 gallon pail of "wax oil". Not sure whats in it or where it comes from, but the people at the comercial oil company in Hamilton said it was for undercoating vehicles. it was 65 dollars. and will do a lot of trucks. they also had 5gl pails of "under coat" and "no drip undercoat" for around 100CDN.

It is thick, I find if I heat it in a kettle first it goes on better and creaps better, and once it cools on the cold steel it sticks, kinda like bacon fat.

I dont know if makes your truck last longer here in the salt country, but my 99 is showing bubles under the paint everywhere. especially the rockers and fenders.

I would try anything to keep it from showing up, the guy i baught mine from did not do it from the start, so 3 years of salt got a head start on mine.

I only do it once a year, but if I had a new truck for the price you can do it yourself, i would do it 2 or three times.

I am waiting for two nice days to dry the water up from mine and will shoot it again, it only takes about 30min if all the holes are drilled.

 

i use a sacrificial anode's you get from marine stores. one on the box, one one the cab , seems to work.

 

anode's? Are you talking about the little clamp on zinc ***** for boat props? I have always wanted to do that but I figured it wouldn't work. I know it works for boats.

 

Yeah Ive seen those too. They use them on damns alot of times too. Usually those are pretty big though. Im already undercoated, but might be an idea though.