Factory Wax Coating Peeling Off Chassis/ RUST!!

scott19677 · November 20, 2015

Trucks are supposed to be rusty. Makes 'em look mean.

jrob56 · November 20, 2015

Trucks are supposed to be rusty. Makes 'em look mean.

should probably splash paint thinner on it regularly then, baddest truck in North America! haha

scott19677 · November 20, 2015

should probably splash paint thinner on it regularly then, baddest truck in North America! haha

ewbldavis · November 20, 2015

Thanks for info guys. Looks pretty good, but again, only 4500 miles. I must be lucky they did it sort of right.

Guess fall maintenance includes a can of coating and a creeper for annual frame inspections. Joy.

HondaHawkGT · November 20, 2015

To me it seems like the important areas to control the rust are the areas where suspension and body parts mount. Leaf sspring mounts, shock mounts, body mounts, etc. Those were the trouble areas on my old vehicles.

JMD86 · November 22, 2015

Unfortunately its enevitabe with gm trucks!!! I had the dealer apply an additional undercoating the day I bought it! And a year later it already shows signs of pealing and rusting.... So what can you do?!? I took preventative measures and still some rust!

LaserBlueZ71 · November 23, 2015

I am not saying rust is OK for what we all pay for these machines, but let's also be somewhat realistic.

The environment is an extremely harsh place. The underside of your vehicle is bombarded with all different kinds of crap, at different temperatures and speeds. Short of manufacturers coating everything in line-x, before it is put together on the assembly line, rust is always going to be an issue.

Personally, I get under my vehicles and apply my own high end commercial grade paints to things I want to keep rust free, and check it again every year.

Although, I do think that for what we all pay for these trucks, they should come with a complete line-x style coating on the bottom of the cab, the entire frame, and the suspension components such as control arms and leaf springs. I hate to say it but I think machinery is headed for a disposable type of status. Car manufacturers do not want you to keep your vehicle a long time with no rust, because it doesn't make jobs for them in their own industry.

jrob56 · November 23, 2015

I am not saying rust is OK for what we all pay for these machines, but let's also be somewhat realistic.

The environment is an extremely harsh place. The underside of your vehicle is bombarded with all different kinds of crap, at different temperatures and speeds. Short of manufacturers coating everything in line-x, before it is put together on the assembly line, rust is always going to be an issue.

Personally, I get under my vehicles and apply my own high end commercial grade paints to things I want to keep rust free, and check it again every year.

Although, I do think that for what we all pay for these trucks, they should come with a complete line-x style coating on the bottom of the cab, the entire frame, and the suspension components such as control arms and leaf springs. I hate to say it but I think machinery is headed for a disposable type of status. Car manufacturers do not want you to keep your vehicle a long time with no rust, because it doesn't make jobs for them in their own industry.

Truth, obsoletion is built into everything. Waste too, everything we buy could be made to last your lifetime but maximizing revenue is the corporate goal and lowest price consumer goal..