hey no harm no foul. i just get a lot of haters around where i live anyways. not a lot of people around here own trucks (environmentalist) ..my b..

 

Thats okay. As I stated before, yes you can spray it off, just make sure you get up into all the little nooks and crannies that the salt can get into. All the way up into the bed sides, into the bumper itself, etc. I do this and as an example, my 90 F150 I had for 8 years and 160K. The only rust it had on it was in the bed where something I carried had rubbed the paint down to the metal. Had some surface rust there, that was it. An it had never been undercoated. Ford normally does a pretty good job with rust prevention.

 

ok sweet. thanks. just sucks cause around here they close the pressure wash booths for the winter..i might have to invest in one and do it myself.

 

A halfway decent one should not be more than about $100 to $150. It does not have to be super powerful, just a decent pressure.

 

yeah..i'll just borrow the father-in-laws until i can get my own..

 

Well spoken sir!!

 

I do have a beater but it's an older chevy, very reliable and safe. Snow and salt don't really bother me much, it washes off pretty easily,it's the anti skid they totally cover the road with everytime the weather drops below freezing. Every single vehicle I have had past twenty years has gotten the windshield cracked by flying anti skid. Some of the pcs are 1/2" size limestone. Supposed to be smaller but bigger pcs always ends up on the road. Wifes new VW CC looks like someone shot the front end with buckshot. Paint totally shot on valance, bumper and hood, front edges of fenders, and front edge of roof above windshield. Both headlight lenses deeply marked up. This is only the second winter. My past F-150 fared the same fate. I drive an hour each day over the mtns to work so driving the old chevy saves me having to get a good part of my truck repainted in the spring. I regularly see vehicles with no mudflaps that have the bottom of the quarters and fender bottoms completely void of paint. The stuff is brutal. Anyone wanting to spare their beautiful new truck by driving a beater, has my blessing. Lastly if I hit the PowerBall Jackpot, I will drive a new truck every winter. Lol.

 

I'm going to buy a beater Jeep Cherokee for the winter road salt and a beater Geo Metro for the high miles I drive in the summer and a '83 Silverado for when I haul dirty stuff...and maybe a flatbed wrecker in case I want to take the truck somewhere but not wear out it's tires.

All I really need is a picture of my FX4 actually.

 

i sense a great deal of sarcasm in your username young jedi..let the hate floooow through you..

but yeah, a buddy of mine has to have something for every occasion like that. he has an 09 screw 4.6. and now wants to get a raptor AND a Boss 302..more money that what he knows to do with it..

 

salt sits in between the panels and rust them from the INSIDE OUT. Really hard to prevent them from getting rusty if you drive during the winter. Oil spraying only slows the process. So drive it in the winter, plan on having rust that looks bad when it's 7-10 yrs old.

btw OP I lived in cornersburg.

 

oh ok sweet. you aint too far from me then.

 

My '10 was built 09/09, never been inside of my garage, I live in the "rust belt" and can't find any rust on the vehicle, yet.

Wasn't like that with my GMC............

My one piece aluminum drive shaft is still shiny and the stickers are still on it.

 

I live in Michigan and I had my new F150 Krown treated in Sarnia, Ontario. I plan on getting my truck treated yearly.

There is one Krown dealer in Ohio as well.

Watch the video on the dealer's web site: http://www.gussgarage.com/rust-protection/

Dave

 

For what it's worth I've been researching corrosion inhibitors for use on my vehicles for over a decade, and getting the Krown treatment on my truck was my first experience.

I'd like something permanent also, but I've found nothing that I would feel confident in. Products like Krown remain fluid so they're constantly creeping into all of the cracks and crevices displacing moisture so the corrosion is slowed significantly.

Your mileage may vary.

David

 

I also recommend Fluid Film.
Unfortunately I didn't start using this stuff until I already had some rust holes, but after doing the body work, I want to prevent having to do it again.
Make sure you spray it inside the doors and inside the rocker panels.