Rust issue?
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Rusty Jones
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New York Salt
Having just traded my ‘16 Tacoma in on a new ORP, this thread is a little disheartening. The truck was recalled for inspection of the frame, where they applied generous quantities of seam sealer in various areas of the frame - right over the un-prepped rust. Pretty sure it did nothing. Anyway, they deemed the frame acceptable and sent me on my way. No pics to share unfortunately, but it looked far worse than the OP’s 4Runner.
Around me, I think it’s a calcium chloride brine they apply on the major roads, in addition to granular salt. Don’t know if that’s better or worse for our frames.
Having just traded my ‘16 Tacoma in on a new ORP, this thread is a little disheartening. The truck was recalled for inspection of the frame, where they applied generous quantities of seam sealer in various areas of the frame - right over the un-prepped rust. Pretty sure it did nothing. Anyway, they deemed the frame acceptable and sent me on my way. No pics to share unfortunately, but it looked far worse than the OP’s 4Runner.
Around me, I think it’s a calcium chloride brine they apply on the major roads, in addition to granular salt. Don’t know if that’s better or worse for our frames.
4RunnerGurl!
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I plan to have Woolwax installed. I'm in the Midwest, and rust is always a concern.
CascadianWander17
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Doesn't look too bad
Looks fine. I recently purchased an 04' that looks similar with surface rust. I'm planning to clean it up with an angle grinder / die grinder and then spray it down with a Potassium Phosphate based rust converter to get any smaller cracks / crevices cleaned up. Lastly, I'll spray it with either black paint or a bedliner product.
Not a fan of many "undercoating" products like POR-15 simply because they seem likely to hide/trap water if it finds a way in. And then, I've heard they're extremely difficult to remove if you do need to tackle another problem down the road.
I'm also planning to coat the inside of the frame with PB Surface Shield using one of those 360 cavity wands on their rattle cans since you can't really clean up those surfaces.
I found the rust-related videos by Repair Geek on Youtube quite helpful in researching options.
Not a fan of many "undercoating" products like POR-15 simply because they seem likely to hide/trap water if it finds a way in. And then, I've heard they're extremely difficult to remove if you do need to tackle another problem down the road.
I'm also planning to coat the inside of the frame with PB Surface Shield using one of those 360 cavity wands on their rattle cans since you can't really clean up those surfaces.
I found the rust-related videos by Repair Geek on Youtube quite helpful in researching options.
3rd Gen w rust
We bought a really cool 3rd gen but unfortunately has the rust. Everything else in great shape. Only 144k miles. In central Texas, car shops don't want to deal with this...they aren't used to it. As much as we hate to let it go, afraid might be best option. How do we go about selling a used 3rd gen with rust to someone in a different part of the country that might can handle this?
We bought a really cool 3rd gen but unfortunately has the rust. Everything else in great shape. Only 144k miles. In central Texas, car shops don't want to deal with this...they aren't used to it. As much as we hate to let it go, afraid might be best option. How do we go about selling a used 3rd gen with rust to someone in a different part of the country that might can handle this?
