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Salted roads. FR-S up for season.
They layed the first of many layers of salt today. And with that the FR-S goes in the garage ready for mods.
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What helped you make the decision? You had parts ready to be installed?
I was wondering about this myself (when to take it off the road), we're expecting salty roads tomorrow... |
I would garage it too. I would rather drive around in a 500$ Honda civic all winter then let the salt even have a day to attack a new car that's pretty much meant to be a summer sports coupe.
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Sigh I hate salt. I'm hoping the FRS will only have to drive through it for 1 year. Hoping to have a winter beater and garage for next year.
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Agreed. Not that I think the FR-S wouldn't be capable of bombing around in the snow with a good set of snow tires, I just wouldn't want it getting eaten by all the salt. A cheap beater is a much better idea. I stopped driving my MR2 in the winter after I installed coilovers, big brakes, and anything else I didn't want getting ruined by all the salt/sand/slush. I'm gonna undercoat the bejeezus out of my BMW and drive that thing instead.
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Mine got an oil change, a bath, and a full tank on Sunday and is now laid up for the winter. It'll come out after the first big thunderstorm in April washes all the salt off the roads. Now I just have to figure out what to do to stay entertained for the next 5 months.
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I'm looking forward to an exciting winter driving season. :laughabove:
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I'm also thinking about whether to keep my FR-S off the road during the winter. I'll probably end up driving it, except on days when it snows. :brokenheart:
Come early spring, I'll wash out the underside and show it some love. |
Light snow here today, i dont think they will start salting just yet, i rented a storage unit for this reason alone, the salt really does a number on cars so mine will be put away for the winter, its just too damn new to be put thru that hell, lol
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Even going through winter and salt, it's going to take a good 7 years for anything to start rusting. People are paranoid haha :)
I'll probably won't own it that long so I don't give crap lol |
My suburb stopped using salt. They use sand everywhere instead. The big city still uses it though.
Weather's been weird though. 2 years ago we get over a foot of snow and last season not a single flake! Who knows what this year brings. |
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You can't beat the sand either, it just sand blasts everything! |
Unfortunately I don't have room in the driveway for another car, so the FR-S is undercoated and hoping for the best. I'm looking forward to the snow to test out the new blizzak ws70's though.:)
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Luckily I live in so cal... Don't have that problem... But I think even if I lived up north like when I lived in Illinois... I still would have to drive it... I hate just parking my bike when it drops in the 30's... I can't imagine parking my ride for 5 months a year... I feel for you guys...
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It's still in the 90's here but next month when it cools off I might not drive the frs as much and put the top down in the z28
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I'm worried about salt, but not enough to garage it. It's my daily and this winter is going to be awesome
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If you plan to park it for a while, add a fuel stabilizer at minimum. Maybe put it on jack stands to avoid flat spotting tires or frozen parking brakes. Battery tender?
There's probably a list somewhere online of how to store a car for 5 months. |
I would rubberized-coat paint the entire under body parts to prevent it from corrosion. Sometimes, you can't avoid taking the car for a ride.
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Krowned today
At 46. I don't have many winters left compared to some. With the Krown and sick days for when it snows I should be fine. I just can't bring myself to drive a POS for 5 months all the while staring at the car daily. That's like banging Rosie O'donell while Sofia Vegara is calling out for you but you can't have her. Sorry about your loss of lunch guys.
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Mine get's garaged. In the past however, when I have no choice, I've used a product called LPS 3 http://www.lpslabs.com/product_pg/co...n_pg/LPS3.html
I would cover all the parts underneath that I think would start to oxidize quick and even strategically under the hood. Then, in the summer, I would power wash it off. and wipe the visible areas down. I also had a lift at my disposal so that helped. Love this stuff. |
I'm surprised by how many people are going to garage the car. Funny how some people call this a "summer car", what??
Its even more funny that some guys going to garage the car are the same guys who bitch and moan about how majority of these cars will rarely be on a track. :D |
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i was thinking of doing underbody seal the car, what you guys think?
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Just but a 12$ can of rust check and spray that crap all over the suspension component and small areas under like the hangers, etc…. This will preserve the fasters and slow down surface rust. |
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Since I don't feel like walking to work, I'll be putting winter tires on and driving the FR-S.
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I originally planned to put winter tires on and drive it year round, but the salt and corrosion potential really scared me away from that. I really like this car, and I plant to keep it for as long as it stays together. If keeping it garaged during the bad months makes it last longer, I'm all for it. My goal is to move to a place that doesn't get snow in 5-10 years anyway.
I don't consider the FR-S a summer car. I consider it a spring-summer-fall-but-not-winter car. |
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The salt and corrosion did not scare me away,it was the potential of commuting in 6-12 inches of snow for a few months.Been there,done that,not worth it IMO.I live in a fairly large urban area that does not see plow trucks early enough. |
First snow in CT today. I still have my stock Michellin's on while I'm deciding what to replace them with.
Easy drive and I was able keep my cool when some minivan racer pulled up on my ass not long before I had to take a right turn off a busy road to my house (50mph to 5mph in good conditions). I absolutely despise assholes who do not keep their distance... One day they'll all regret it. :evil: |
The car is a total econo-box in stock form, it's one of those cars meant to be driven. I am surprised so many people are so phobic of winter in it. Now if you have 10k worth of crap installed on it I get you want to protect your investment.
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The only rusty things on the car were the aftermarket suspension stuff. figures... |
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getting into "hiding" places,and starting to do it's thing! you are correct in that the freezing weather helps,BUT it just SLOWS the process down,DOESN'T stop it,so why take a chance? for 20 bucks a month,it's worth it to me! flush it out as often as possible! ,just make sure you use a facility that uses clean water! some of these places just recycle,and the water "retains" impurities, AND salt too!..just sayin' |
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The only thing that concerns me are the sideview mirrors frosting up/freezing over. My 626 had heated mirrors, which was a pretty nice feature, considering. I'm actually surprised the FR-S got something like auto up/down windows, but not heated mirrors, espcially given how crucial the mirrors in this car are with the blind spots. They sit at an angle that makes it difficult to use a regular sized ice scrapper, so I was wondering if it would hurt them if I just kept a can of that deicing spray in the car and just gave them a quick spray off before I leave for work in the morning?
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