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Originally Posted by 7thgear
Hamza7 , what are your thoughts on rust proofing vechiles for winter use?
also, for those of us that have to store vehicles in somewhat damp, underground, concrete parking lots, what are some of the ways we can protect our paints from corrosion/deterioration?
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Well one thing is to NOT park a car indoors after driving after salting/brining has a taken place in freezing temps. Your car will not start to corrode in freezing weather, it's when that salt is on your car and the temp starts to climb, like parking it indoors, that you give corrosion and good start because all that snow/ice/moisture will start to melt into those crevices and weld spots which are the weakest point and the usually the first spots to start corroding.
Speaking for rust proetction, I've had it done both to my '94 Si and my '98 EL. The Si was purchased used and had a small rust area from a previous repair. I had it sprayed every year by Krown until I sold it in '07 and that aera never expanded and had to other rust anywhere that I could find. My '98 El was sprayed as well up to about 2 years ago and still no rust to be found anywhere. The only reason I stopped is because I though I was going to sell it at the time, and since then it's been more of a beater for me so I'm not that concerned anymore.
Now Krown DOES drill holes to apply to inner fenders, doors, etc so you have to be ok with that. I know that makes most people cringe, but when I saw a guy bring in his new Bimmer to get it done, I figured I was ok since I keep my cars a long long time, as was this guy was planning to do.
If you plan to keep it until it dies, then I would say consider it, since it's a yearly commitment, a little messy for the first couple days after each spray cause of the dripping (but nothing that doesn't clean up after easily after with a good car wash, plus gives you an excuse to detail the engine!
) since will keep corrosion at bay for a long long time. Plus Krown offer a guarantee for any new car that they start treating against corrosion(as always read the fine print). If on the other hand you might get rid of the car when the next new thing comes along or plan to do a full proper winter storage procedure, you might not get the value out of it that you put in. It's really a personal choice.
And also check with Toyota's warranty against corrosion and make sure using rust proofing doesn't void theirs' or if the Krown one top theirs even if it might void Toyota. And for the record, NO warranty from any of them will cover surface corrosion from stone chips and the like. Toyota's(any car maker really) or Krowns' will only cover from the inside out, ie: rust through