ThIS much rust on a brand newly built 2018? In the summer?
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ThIS much rust on a brand newly built 2018? In the summer?
I have a 2018 fx4 screw. I went underneath there today...so much rust. This truck had a build date of June 22, 2018. Less than three months old! In the summer! Incredible. All over the differential, which I read I could clean up and coat with something...but all over the front axles and hubs as well? In a 46k truck? Wtf...
#2
That's normal and nothing new, same on almost every vehicle, if it bothers you spray the areas with rubberized undercoating..
#3
Spray with Fluid Film
#4
I wouldn't use rubberized undercoating over rust, it would continue to rust and flake off later.
Try something like Rustoleum Rust Reformer or POR-15 (better).
Try something like Rustoleum Rust Reformer or POR-15 (better).
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Posted every year. No issue.
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#8
Senior Member
All those parts are bare metal. Buy a replacement of any of them at a parts store and they would be the same way. Once they get a surface coating of rust they don't rust as bad from there on.
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I have a 2018 fx4 screw. I went underneath there today...so much rust. This truck had a build date of June 22, 2018. Less than three months old! In the summer! Incredible. All over the differential, which I read I could clean up and coat with something...but all over the front axles and hubs as well? In a 46k truck? Wtf...
#10
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I have a 2018 fx4 screw. I went underneath there today...so much rust. This truck had a build date of June 22, 2018. Less than three months old! In the summer! Incredible. All over the differential, which I read I could clean up and coat with something...but all over the front axles and hubs as well? In a 46k truck? Wtf...
Any truck MSRP of $27K to $62K will do the same thing.