What did you do with your truck/shop today

[MikeNH]

Ryan mine looked the same on my pickup and my shocks on the Jeep aren't too far behind. The rigid "boots" destroy the paint.

 

 

I had a heavy plastic tarp get blown in front of me in a little Mazda rental once. Didn't see it until the last minute. Like 30 minutes on the side of the road with a knife slicing the stupid thing up.

[Daryl LBZ]

This doesn't look good

 

 

 

Ryan

Wow, and I thought PA winters tore vehicles up.

[Chris]

Wow, and I thought PA winters tore vehicles up.

Winter tears vehicles up?

[Daryl LBZ]

Winter tears vehicles up?

The sinders, salt, and shit they spray the road with do, which is a result of winter. Edited March 20, 2016 by Daryl Z71

[Chris]

The sinders, salt, and shit they spray the road with do which is a result of winter.

I Don't see how that is good for a light rain.

[Daryl LBZ]

I Don't see how that is good for a light rain.

You lost me?

[Chris]

You lost me?

Winter is usually a light rain once a week

[Daryl LBZ]

Winter is usually a light rain once a week

Ha! Yea, for you it is.

[Conky Conky]

I went with my loaner truck and bought a mint used smoothie 6.5 diesel front bumper for my 1994 witch I might install tomorrow. That all depends on how much Captin Morgans rum I drink and how cold it is.

[BlackZ71Silverado]

Winter tears vehicles up?

Sure do!

 

Road salt & that brime chemical Penn Dot spray & spread all over the roads is extremely corrosive. It gets all over the undercarriage of the vehicle and is hard to get off if left on too long. It actually looks like a coat of white paint once it dries on everything. It eats the shit out of CV boots, bushings, paint, & pretty much everything.

 

That's why the northeast is referred to as the "rust belt"!

Vehicles in this area wear much quicker than out west because of the winters and chemical treatment used. That's why you see so much more rust & corroded parts around here. It's disgusting for those of us who take good care of our vehicles. I'm no stranger to being at the car wash rinsing it all of in the middle of winter when it's 10 degrees outside when the soap freezes immediately when it hits the paint!

You have to see it to really understand the type of damage those chemicals do to the paint, bushings.....everything on the vehicle that is exposed. It really does a number on chromed and aluminum wheels. It makes them pit terribly and if you don't keep the wheels clean they are destroyed in a few years. They will look like they went through a sandblaster!

You are lucky you don't have to deal with this nonsense!

 

 

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[Jsdirt]

Ahh, the joys of road salt ...

 

 

My truck at just 2 years old, barely 20k miles, rear bumper removed:

 

 

Even ATV's aren't immune:

 

 

Aftermarket pipes on '94 K1500:

 

 

Some pics of the '05 Mustang I did a fuel tank swap on after it sat 5 years. Car has 44,916 on it right now:

 

 

 

Another GM product I worked on a while back. Think it was a Grand Am, '03 or so:

 

 

 

Former "creampuff" '89 S10 Blazer after 6 MA winters (had already touched these spots up 3x prior) - thing was mint when we first got it:

 

 

Here's a bike that just spent a few years in a MA barn - never seen salt!

 

 

 

[Chris]

Mine doesnt look that bad

[Daryl LBZ]

Mine doesnt look that bad

Looks really good actually. I can wait until I can move out of this hole to somewhere with a mild or no winter at all.

[Chris]

Looks really good actually. I can wait until I can move out of this hole to somewhere with a mild or no winter at all.

My driveshaft looks bad, but it is the 2 piece steel shaft

[Daryl LBZ]

My driveshaft looks bad, but it is the 2 piece steel shaft

I was gonna say. Mine looks new, but it's aluminum.