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Title: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: blueee on January 25, 2016, 03:41:12 PM: I was driving through some winter wonderlands about a month ago but havent been back.

is the roadsalt still stuck to my undercarraige eating away at it for the next year or so, or am i fine?
Do I NEED to powerwash it still, at this point?
IVe drove in the rain a couple times since then
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: Prodigal Son on January 25, 2016, 06:48:06 PM: If you've driven through some rain for a while, you're fine. It's not like you drove day after day for a month let alone a whole season.
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: Cole on January 25, 2016, 08:36:38 PM: Do you have a car wash around you that does an undercarriage spray? Do that.
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: ralph wiggum on January 25, 2016, 09:07:47 PM: $5 car wash with chassis spray should do the trick.
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: streetStreet on January 26, 2016, 10:03:01 AM: you will get chlamydia and you will die.
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: ediotism on January 28, 2016, 12:16:17 AM: get a hose or whatever and give it a rinse. Rain water is slightly acidic and is quite bad for metal, tho nowhere near as bad as road salt.

you don't need a powerwash, just a good hosing will help quite a lot.
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: Merry on February 05, 2016, 05:26:37 PM: Coming from Canada, this thread is adorable.
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: Gary on February 05, 2016, 05:40:11 PM: Quote from: Merry on February 05, 2016, 05:26:37 PM
Coming from Canada, this thread is adorable.

Also in Canada , and I also drove though snow the last time a month ago. For what its worth I haven't washed my car in 2 years and it's not rusted away ;D
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: Hank Chinaski on February 06, 2016, 09:27:19 PM: Quote from: Gary on February 05, 2016, 05:40:11 PM
Quote from: Merry on February 05, 2016, 05:26:37 PM
Coming from Canada, this thread is adorable.

Also in Canada , and I also drove though snow the last time a month ago. For what its worth I haven't washed my car in 2 years and it's not rusted away ;D

That's crazy. Maybe it's because my truck is white but by the time a snowsnorm finally melts here in Denver, my car is covered in black road grime and salt. I can't imagine not washing that off for 2 solid years, haha.
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: LuckyLuke on February 07, 2016, 08:41:53 AM: Is under coating a car just a upsell everywhere else in North America? It's just a thing you do every year here. (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: Gary on February 07, 2016, 09:18:24 AM: Quote from: Hank Chinaski on February 06, 2016, 09:27:19 PM

That's crazy. Maybe it's because my truck is white but by the time a snowsnorm finally melts here in Denver, my car is covered in black road grime and salt. I can't imagine not washing that off for 2 solid years, haha.

My car is a mess. Its black , so everything shows. It rained a week or so ago so the worst of it got off. I just stopped caring about it after the transmission let go. Looking to upgrade soon
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: Prodigal Son on February 07, 2016, 11:21:08 AM: Quote from: LuckyLuke on February 07, 2016, 08:41:53 AM
Is under coating a car just a upsell everywhere else in North America? It's just a thing you do every year here. (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

I've never been offered in California.
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: Kyle V. on February 11, 2016, 08:18:51 PM: Hose it down really good, get the wheel wells and everything.

I drove my current car in one good Michigan winter and when I went to do the brakes this summer, it was a shit show. So much rust.
Title: Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
Post by: JohnW on February 12, 2016, 07:55:32 PM: If you're still driving that Ranger, pay special attention to washing the rear frame off. The back 2 feet is where they rot the worst, and the radiator support in the front. I had almost the same truck and I had to replace the spring shackles because they disintegrated, and patch the radiator support because it rotted off.