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Old 08-05-2006, 10:34 PM
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Default To Much Rust under new H3?

I just bought my H3 last week. I bought the white with sunroof and adventure pak. Am really happy except i noticed quite a bit of rust under neath. Is this normal?? How can a new H3 already have rust under neath? Any one else notice any rust underneath by rearend and drive train??
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Old 08-05-2006, 11:39 PM
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I just bought my H3 last week. I bought the white with sunroof and adventure pak. Am really happy except i noticed quite a bit of rust under neath. Is this normal?? How can a new H3 already have rust under neath? Any one else notice any rust underneath by rearend and drive train??

Pics please......

We all have rust on the driveshaft and rear differential.

When was it built?

How long has it been sitting on the lot?
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Old 08-05-2006, 11:40 PM
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Probably just surface rust. I wouldn't worry too much about it. But if it really bothers you, take it back to the dealer and have them clean it up.
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Old 08-05-2006, 11:48 PM
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OH SURE, JUST WALK RIGHT IN TO OUR LITTLE CONVERSATION AND GIVE HER THE ANSWER

I was helping her along the thought process, you know, its normal for a truck that might already be a few months old and had more than one or two baths

Sheesh, you sure are being pushy today....what happend?


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Old 08-06-2006, 12:10 AM
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OH SURE, JUST WALK RIGHT IN TO OUR LITTLE CONVERSATION AND GIVE HER THE ANSWER

I was helping her along the thought process, you know, its normal for a truck that might already be a few months old and had more than one or two baths

Sheesh, you sure are being pushy today....what happend?


DID SOMEONE PEE IN YOUR CHEERIOS??

WTF? Are you all cramped up again? I hope it clears up before Moab.
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Old 08-06-2006, 12:11 AM
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BTW, sorry about your thread Joann.

Welcome to the madness.
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Old 08-06-2006, 12:15 AM
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Don't worry about the undercarriage surface type rust in California. Leave it to the east coasters to give it the real winter salt treatment and report back later.

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Old 08-06-2006, 12:23 AM
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Here are some pics...




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WOW, I've never seen one that clean. But yes, that looks pretty normal. It's surface rust and it happens the first time it gets water on it.


Looks icky, but it's fine.

Now, go get it dirty
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Old 08-06-2006, 01:18 AM
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Yea, thats totally normal and no big deal.
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You call that rust?? This is my other car that I also drive..
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Congrats! Are you related to ChrisInCali?
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Old 08-06-2006, 09:37 AM
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Looks icky, but it's fine.


That must be a technical term.


Message to GM - "paint your damn undercarriages for gosh sakes". This isn't 1962.

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That must be a technical term.


Message to GM - "paint your damn undercarriages for gosh sakes". This isn't 1962.

Michael

You want to pay the extra charges to paint something that will form surface rust? I guess they could paint with POR and then charge extra, but why? This is surface rust, and does not affect the operation of the vehicle. Crawl under a Jeep, look at the rust under the tub. (Jeeps were noted to rust through in the front tub area, that is why Jeep owners...me included...applied POR paint to the tub).
With the crap on the US roads most undercarriage paint would be blasted off in no time anyway. Take the vehicle down gravel or dirt roads and the undercarriage will be blasted off faster. Hell the painted frame under my vehicle has a billion stone chips, so the paint under there really helped.

Next you will be blasting the firepath on the cast iron rotors for rusting in a rain storm.
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now thats clean. welcome
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Old 08-06-2006, 06:02 PM
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Wow that's cleaner than my H3!

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Yup. thats way clean and no worries on the rust. Welcome!
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The rust is fine. It forms a coating that keeps the metal from corroding further by inhibiting oxygen from contact with the exposed metal. As road debris contacts and knocks nicely formed rust coatings, it simply fills in itself and continues protecting.

Due to the thickness of the metal that's not treated to prevent rust, it would take approximately 247 years for the rust to create enough damage for there to be a problem, unless you just don't like the color.

You can always buy something like this, and the color will change.

http://www.eurekafluidfilm.com/about/company.html

'tis what I use.
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http://www.robarguns.com/index.htm
I wonder how much this firm would charge to coat my equipment
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Robar ???

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