Tuesday, Jun 16, 2015 at 15:29
The only date i could find under the hood says 04/15.
Sitting on the wharfs will make the untreated areas discolor with surface rust but isnt really an excuse for a large amount of unpainted surfaces which was my concern.
The video clip shows rust in the same
places as mine. they obviously went untreated. Not sure how a tsunami affected vehicle would make it through QC and all the way here -maybe but its a long shot. Maybe he just flogged it on the beach and never washed it.
"Firstly, that's surface corrosion, hardly EVER going to be a problem."
Surface corrosion isn't the issue its what it turns into down the track that had me worried. A lot of the
feedback on this
forum has been kindly put that it wont affect the life of the vehicle, I am relieved to have that kind of
feedback but in my experience living in WA a lot of my weekenders involve going to the beach, exposed surfaces like this get heavily corroded very quickly. Personally i would prefer a little more protection than a cans of wd40 for me new cruiser. The less exposed steel surfaces the less corrosion, simple. If its already painted it just means all i have to do is wash it when i get
home.
My dad bought a ten year old nissan patrol ute which had rusted through the chassis in one spot, we had to cut that section out and re weld in a new steel section. Not sure how it got so bad but we put it down to alot of sandy beach work and perhaps not enough preventative maintenance by the previous owner. Sure chassis can have thinner steel than the parts i have shown but not so not sure how much i can agree with your comment.
"Secondly, I doubt painting it will be of any long term benefit. Stone chips will take care of that."
mate that's alot of stone chips to uncover all that paint. my bonnet and bull bar will be up for a respray very soon if that is the case.
"Thirdly, I doubt ANY manufacturer doesn't have corrosion of equivalent parts."
A relief for me if true. Still haven't seen another month
old car with more unpainted or corroded surfaces bigger than a 50c piece in any one area- brakes aside. As mentioned earlier my dads 10 yr old bt-50 had no signs. a mate bought a ford
ranger the same time i bought my car, will check it out tomorrow night. hopefully you are right and I see something similiar to mine.
"With all due respect mate, I reckon the mechanic would have had a hard time keeping a straight face over this one"
Geez your rude hey. I sent the photos through to the dealer when i was unsure about what to think of it all, the dealer told me to bring it down straight away. Got down there the mechanic told me they get a lot of concerned customer's bringing them back like this all the time, although toyota wont do anything about it so he was reluctant to do the inspection or even take a glance and just wasted my time. It Made sense to me at this stage why they were so desperate to sell me a rust protection kit when i bought the car.
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