Rust, rust and more rust! (Pics inside!)
#11
06-06-2011, 11:55 AM
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During the winters, I recall driving thru car washes at least every month. I hate a dirty ride. And I'm pretty meticulous about cleaning. Just take a look at the first 2 pics. Even after 9 years and with 145K miles, she still looks new!
I'm just wondering if this is common with US made vehicles, our trucks in particular, coz before I had the Durango, I had an Audi A4 that took me thru the crazy winters. It was a lot harder to clean the undercarriage, but it never developed a ton of rust you see with my D.
I'm just wondering if this is common with US made vehicles, our trucks in particular, coz before I had the Durango, I had an Audi A4 that took me thru the crazy winters. It was a lot harder to clean the undercarriage, but it never developed a ton of rust you see with my D.
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06-06-2011, 02:17 PM
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Cool! Yah, I'd like to compare. The only car washes I went thru are the ones that spray underneath at the beginning of the wash cycle. It doesn't clean as good as having to manually spray underneath, but at least I hoped it would wash most of the salt buildup down there. In temps below 30's, it's almost torture to go out there and spray underneath. Don't get me wrong, once temps ease up to the 50's, I'm manually spraying the undercarriage myself. My Audi, I never spray it underneath manually until I get to drive her up on ramps. So for the entire winter season, I only relied on car washes. So basically I took more care of the Durango than I did my Audi. But the Audi never had gross rusting as the Durango.
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#14
06-06-2011, 10:23 PM
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here is what mine looks like, more rust then i remembered being under there, but not too bad IMO for a 9 yo truck
i blame some of the increase on the fact that i havnt been around the last couple of winters to rinse off the salt as frequently as it should be done and my parents being too damn lazy.
i blame some of the increase on the fact that i havnt been around the last couple of winters to rinse off the salt as frequently as it should be done and my parents being too damn lazy.
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#17
08-04-2011, 07:55 PM
wow.... can we trade?? I wont even post up pics of the undercarriage on mine, its pretty bad... I also live in upstate NY where 7 out of 10 Durango's need the tailgate replaced due to rust... i wouldn't do anything to extencive other then spray bomb it with undercarriage stuff. quite honestly my experince with the stuff is it promotes rusting NOT prevent it. I have had too many vehicles with the stuff on it and the rust was unbelievable...
