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I drove through the snow about a month ago
« 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

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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2016, 08:36:38 PM »
Do you have a car wash around you that does an undercarriage spray? Do that.
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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2016, 09:07:47 PM »
$5 car wash with chassis spray should do the trick.

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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2016, 10:03:01 AM »
you will get chlamydia and you will die.

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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #5 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.

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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2016, 05:26:37 PM »
Coming from Canada, this thread is adorable.
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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2016, 05:40:11 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

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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2016, 09:27:19 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.
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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #9 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)

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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2016, 09:18:24 AM »


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

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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2016, 11:21:08 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)

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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #12 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.
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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
« Reply #13 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.
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Re: I drove through the snow about a month ago
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