Cars - Rust Proofing - Is it done here? (Denver: to buy, living in)

[michiemee]

There's so much stuff I want to get done before coming down, I feel like i'm running out of time! LOL

I want to get the rust proofing done on my car, but I've searched through Google and cannot find a place that does it in Denver. Does anyone know a place and what it roughly costs down there? It's about $400 here for the permanent 10yr stuff.

THANKS!

[livecontent]

Originally Posted by michiemee

Thanks everyone for the input...I take a look through the link Charles.

There's so much stuff I want to get done before coming down, I feel like i'm running out of time! LOL
I want to get the rust proofing done on my car, but I've searched through Google and cannot find a place that does it in Denver. Does anyone know a place and what it roughly costs down there? It's about $400 here for the permanent 10yr stuff. THANKS!

I grew up near Buffalo and I know rust proofing was done when I lived there over 30 years ago. I remember the underbody tar and also the "Ziebart" which was injected in the doors and fender wells. I had both of these done at times.

I have lived here almost 30 years and all my cars never rusted before I got rid of them. Reason is that most are made for better rust protection and there is a much more plastics. The most important reason is that Cars do not rust here like on the East Coast. This is a semi-arid climate with a very low humidity so rust does not form as readily. In addition, I believe there is less salt used on the roads and more gravel then when I was living in New York,

You see numerous old cars here with no rust and you know a car comes from the east because it has the telltale rust. My car is 14 years old and it has no rust--it looks the same as when I bought it, new.

I think you would be wasting your money in rust proofing your car here. Maybe that is why there are no listings--there is no demand.

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[osman]

+1 on little rust issues in Colorado. Ziebart was/is a provider of rust proofing in NY. Several other names are on the tip of my tongue as well.

HOWEVER... if you bring a car with rust already started, it will continue albeit much slower than before. If you come with a rust free car, it will generally stay rust free in Colorado without rust proofing.

[wankel7]

CO is dry as hell...I seriously doubt you will have problems.

[torrential]

Wankel7: In the east it's not the water, it's the winter road salt. Lots and lots and lots of it.

[CosmicWizard]

Better to spend a samll portion of that money on a sun sheild to protect your dashboard and upholstery from the unrelenting sun.

[sunsprit]

I've seen more cars in Colorado rusted out from "Ziebart" coatings than without.

Most of the applicators of those products blocked the drain holes in the body and chassis, and Colorado's cold temps and intense sun create a lot of condensation within the body. Blocked from draining out, that moisture trapped in the bodywork causes a lot of rusting, especially in rocker panels and door panels.

Colorado's dry climate and minimal use of corrosive salts on the roads tends to prevent cars from rusting, especially with the modern rustproofing protection from the manufacturers. You would do better to not have this aftermarket stuff applied; if you really think you must have it, a sprayed in thin-film product such as Bilstein "Waxoyl" is far better inside the bodywork than the thick coatings like Ziebart.

IF rust has already started in your car from out of this area climate conditions, you'd need to address that issue. Superficial cosmetic rust inside bodywork can be treated with a surface tolerant penetrating primer ... a conversion coat which will neutralize the current rust and block more from forming. Look to RustOLeum or other primer systems.

[BillRadio]

Save that money. Instead, buy a set of snow tires. I have always had a 4WD vehicle and thought my "MS" all-season tires were good enough. I put a set of really nice snows on my wife's FWD Honda, and her car does as well as mine!

While snow tires are NOT a neccessity here, they pretty much make snow a non-event for you. Check on prices where you are, they may be lower. This is not a good time to buy snows here. Buy them in summer and have them mounted in September. It's a much better investment than anything for rust. I have a 15-year old pickup that I used to commute on the worst days, and not a speck of rust.