Is thier a good link to opinions on undercoating? I got my 08' undercoated. I plowed with it. Everything showed rust, even the motor under the hood. Ziebarts if I do it. I will get a bedliner regardless.

Thanks for opinions.

 

I did my own using the 3M stuff in a can from Walmart. Seems to be holding up well. Spent $10 on some Rustoleum also and coated all moving parts (axles, springs, driveshaft, etc) with that. I think I got like 10 can of the 3M stuff and used it on the frame and EVERYTHING under the cab. Didn't get the bed since it's rusty and being replaced soon.

 

Undercoating and Line-X bedliner (or competitor equivalent) are winners in my book...

 

Here's my logic:

Get the undercoating if you personally don't plan on ever working on your truck and pay repair shops to work on it for you. Why? It is messy and it is very unpleasant to have to work on. Not to mention it gets all over bolts and other things which facilitate more effort in removing parts to get repairs done. Plus expect a little higher repair bill or else soem greif.

Don't get the undercoating if you work on your vehicles, and maintain them yourself without taking them to a shop. I recommend some rattle can rustoleum each year after a good pressure washing. Wear some gloves, and some crappy clothes, and spray away. Rustoleum is a lot better to work with when removing parts from the underneath of your truck without the possibility of slipping the wrench.

 

Not quite - the undercoating is very easy to have parts worked on either by mechanic or by yourself...it's a littel gummy but that's it...and no need to do the 'Rustoleum' thing every year as prescribed above - in other words...the benefits outweigh the cons..especially if ya live in the north and see snow and humidity in the summer..

 

Well from experience, I prefer the rustoleum method. Plus people like the frame nice and shiney and not gunky.

But is each method wrong? Nope.