I think that the after market rustproofing is better than it once was. I
don't know as though the tar like stuff they spray on the bottom of the
car is any better as it tends to fall off and need to be repaired but I
think that the waxy stuff they spray into the doors and body cavities is
maybe better than it once was.
My wife's 07 Honda Accord appeared to have seam sealer etc that would
have been applied while it was being built but lacked the solid black
rubbery undercoating that the local new Honda's had at the time. That is
why we had it sprayed by one of the local franchise outfits. They also
drilled holes and sprayed the other stuff in the cavities. We have to
take it back every 2nd year for touchups but are not charged for the
inspection and repair.
I had my truck done too but it was not new enough to qualify for the
long term warranty so I can take it in to be touched up but they will
make me pay to have the repairs done and will not warranty it against rust.
My truck is an 02 F150 Supercrew. It is just now showing a spot on the
bottom of the driver's side rocker panel that will need to be dealt
with. The rest is good so far.
Randy
On 22/11/2011 6:19 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Undercoating/rustproofing today is done before the car is fully assembled, the chassis and body are
dipped in corrosion inhibitors. Aftermarket undercoating, dealer "paint protection", and
the like is largely a scam, basically adds nothing. Maybe in the days when cars got no
anticorrosion treatment at the factory, it did a little. But my parents paid to have an Izuzu
(Buick Opel) "rustproofed" in the late '70s, and it rusted out as fast if not faster than
any other car they owned.
Allan
On Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:37 PM, "Randy Bennell"<rbenn...@bennell.ca>
wrote:
Does Mercedes sell the same car throughout the USA?
I ask because my wife's Honda Accord came from Forida.
There was essentially no undercoating on the car when we got it one year
old.
We had it undercoated and rust proofed here in order to try to preserve it.
I went to the local Honda dealer and looked at the cars there and was
assured that the undercoating that I saw on the cars there was original
and factory and not something they had added.
Obviously Honda prepares cars differently for different markets.
I have to wonder if MB does the same and if somebody is moving cars
around the country such that you are getting cars in NE that were not
intended to be sold in NE.
Randy
On 22/11/2011 5:05 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
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I posted this on the MBCA forum to illustrate my disatisfaction with the
rust situation on newer MBs.
http://www.mbca.org/forum/2011-11-22/unacceptable-mercedes-rust
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