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Another rust prevention thread
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www.bilthamber.com/media/downloads/PG-BH13-001.pdf
Bilt Hamber have a reputation for good products, www.bilthamber.com/corrosion-protection-and-rust-treatments/
As you know, my Jimny is new, so I intend to treat it straight off the bat, using:
This for the chassis: www.bilthamber.com/corrosion-protection-...treatments/dynax-s50
This for underbody: www.bilthamber.com/corrosion-protection-...-treatments/dynax-uc
Dynax-UB is like the UC, but brown in colour, the UC being clear.
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Lambert wrote: Being a sheep farmer I guess I could get it out up on stands and get the little bleaters to walk around under it!
That would certainly get rid of the dealer fresh scent
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It's fair to say that doing anything, even the sheep walking, is going to be better than leaving it to Suzuki's protection.
Have to say that you can get better than sheep. I have had great success with BLACK Waxoyl as an underbody spray. I used it on my Land Rover to protect the chassis several years ago and it's still doing its job. It's cheapish than other products (£20 for 5ltr) if you shop around and can be applied neat with a underseal gun from machine mart etc.
www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cub3-under-body-seal-gun/
Quick to apply and drys Matt black, mud just washes off.
For the inner box sections Dinatrol or blithamber products are easier to apply in my opinion. I used Dinatrol cavity wax areosol spray cans (500ml) with 90cm Lance to inject the box sections, doors etc on my Jimny. It took just under 4 cans.
So for me Waxoyl underbody, Dinatrol box sections etc.
I don't have any sheep to use for rust proofing.
Mike
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My 2009 at 8 years old had a rotten front body mount, about 4 inches of double skin metal missing. It looked perfect on the outside, but I needed remove plastic trim to find the true rust levels. I guess after 12 years it would have appeared as the headlamp falls off
Suzuki IMHO have poor rust protection compared to other manufacturers, so if it's a keeper it's worth it.
A Suzuki has the honour of being the only classic car Wheeler dealers (restoration show) failed to repair due to rust.......and that's amongst a shed load of British Leyland rot boxes.
Personal wants and needs I suppose at the end of the day.
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If you believe the hype then Suzuki may have improved things on the new Jimny.
If you go by past Jimny / SJ examples it's still poor by other manufacturers standards
I noticed on a year old demo GEN 3 model rust starting to appear on welds on the chassis, the first signs of scabby rust. Ironically the chassis is thick enough not to be an issue until the vehicle is quite old, but I was surprised to see surface rust on such a new model. Every other Jimny I looked at confirmed various levels of surface rust appearing.
If I owned a new Jimny I would keep a close eye on it and if I detected surface rust appearing (as I have seen on newish GEN3) then yes I would get it treated. BUT I tend to keep my vehicles if they are reliable for a long time, so this action is good for me.
If I intended to sell it on within 10 years then I would not bother, it's not going to add any value and the rot (if any) is not going to be my problem.
Only time will tell with GEN4, but don't panic, is not going to fall apart overnight. Enjoy what is a great looking fun vehicle...
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