Ziebart in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, did a '71 Chrysler wagon for me in late
'71. 'Sold it in sou. Cal. in '78 still like new.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Rust
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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