rusty bilstiens

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pro-rallye

NAXJA Forum User

Location

bozeman/j-hole

• Jan 3, 2008

• #1

my 7100's don't appear to like climates where it snows and gets wet and are rusting like crazy. what do you do to take care of this. i assume you have to buff them, but which compound do i use and how do you keep this from happening again? thanks

 

Jes

NAXJA Memeber #293 URF Racing

NAXJA Member

Location

San Bruno, CA.

• Jan 3, 2008

• #2

Aluminum polish will clean them up. A coat of wax keeps them looking pretty good, just got to make sure you clean them off regularly.
Kinda a bummer that they do rust so easily.

 

noutlawjeeper

NAXJA Forum User

Location

kent, wa

• Jan 3, 2008

• #3

wheel more, won't let rust build up

 

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Clean Racing

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Bellingham, Wa

• Jan 3, 2008

• #4

WD40 and Blue scotchbrite...cleans the rust off, and coat them with wd again to prevent the rust again.

 

xcm

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Southern Oregon

• Jan 3, 2008

• #5

dunno about bilstein, but fox tells you to wax the shock bodies in the paper work that comes with the shocks, IF you care about your shocks....
if not, they should

 

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ddeadserious

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Detroit

• Jan 4, 2008

• #6

Why can't you just paint them with Rustoleum or something?

 

ZacSquatch

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Fairbanks, AK

• Jan 4, 2008

• #7

Paint emm pink... protects them from rust, radiation, and queers.

 

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pro-rallye

NAXJA Forum User

Location

bozeman/j-hole

• Jan 4, 2008

• #8

yea they do rust really quickly for being nickel plated; i've tried the scotchbrite and wd40 trick, and although it did work, it didn't take long for all the rust to come back even worse. i think i will try to buff them out and wax them. does anyone have a recommendation of a type of wax to use. do i use a hard wax or something? i really don't wax my flaky clearcoated jeep all to often. thanks guys

 

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MGrobe

NAXJA Member #968

Location

Chicagoland-area, IL

• Jan 4, 2008

• #9

I waxed mine originally. Didn't last all that long. I have heard of others using WD40 monthly or even PAM for cooking. I used a metal protector from Amsoil. Kind of light brown spray. I'm not worried about them being show worthy and sparkly, I just don't want them rusting like crazy. So far so good with the metal protector. But it has only been 2 months.

 

Skullver

Still Flailing

Location

Ventura,CA

• Jan 4, 2008

• #10

ddeadserious said:

Why can't you just paint them with Rustoleum or something?

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seems to me that would degrade the heat transfer, not sure how much of an issue that could be, I scotchbrite and use wd-40 on mine, the bodies do rust pretty easily though.