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It's the season for me and my Mustang to evaluate measures taken two years ago to stop any corrosion found on some under carriage components.
I do this because I use my Mustang as a "Showcar" and want to be proactive on keeping it clean and presentable.
Since my Mustang doesn't see salty roads in the winter, it's a great time to check out the entire car for corrosion, defects, and future possible issues.
This 2007 Mustang drives all over the country, it's 50,000 on the odometer proves that.
From driving on the beach on the Padre Islands of Texas to the rain on the Pennsylvania turnpike, to the arid plains and gravel roads of Iowa, my pony sees all weather conditions, three seasons out of the year!
First place I look for corrosion is the entire undercarriage so, jacking up the car is the first task...gosh, I need to get my lift soon!
Inspection time.....
The driveshaft was bare metal from the factory and rusted, I painted it with Rust X silver 2 years ago...looks like some areas have issues....
Most of it looks pretty good though....
some rusting on housing bolts...will get come care....
....differential cover is starting to look punky.....
Some road damage showing primer coat....
...rotor non-contact areas were not painted from the factory..I repaint them every year. The caliper housing was polished with a wire brush and coated with Aluminum wheel polish and cleaner...they are looking pretty good still....
The brake pad backs were painted grabber orange last year and look dirty, will clean and repaint for aesthetics and judged bonus points.
The rear wheel wheels were rubber coated sprayed 2 years ago and need some attention....
Little rust on the black painted rear axle... looking better than expected! That whole axle housing was bare metal from the factory and was really rusty...used a couple wire wheels and rust converter 2 years ago to get it looking rust free.....
Wheels need cleaning inside....
To inspect the front wheel wells, I remove the plastic covers and save the plastic ware in baggies....
Some debree and bugs in lower quarter panels.....
...those plastic wells did some damage to the paint near the connection points! This will rust if salt is added to the mix....have to fix all the bare metal contact points and figure a way to stop this!!! Every point has bare metal!! ...not good.
Well, I have several potential corrosion issues to address, most are minor and I am satisfied that I am doing the right things to preserve my pony.
Next up is to start attacking my punch list of all the undercarriage issues I have found today...later on tonight, I post up some results and fixes.
I am headed back out to the heated garage...it's a great way to spend Christmas day, for me!
I do this because I use my Mustang as a "Showcar" and want to be proactive on keeping it clean and presentable.
Since my Mustang doesn't see salty roads in the winter, it's a great time to check out the entire car for corrosion, defects, and future possible issues.
This 2007 Mustang drives all over the country, it's 50,000 on the odometer proves that.
From driving on the beach on the Padre Islands of Texas to the rain on the Pennsylvania turnpike, to the arid plains and gravel roads of Iowa, my pony sees all weather conditions, three seasons out of the year!
First place I look for corrosion is the entire undercarriage so, jacking up the car is the first task...gosh, I need to get my lift soon!
Inspection time.....
The driveshaft was bare metal from the factory and rusted, I painted it with Rust X silver 2 years ago...looks like some areas have issues....
Most of it looks pretty good though....
some rusting on housing bolts...will get come care....
....differential cover is starting to look punky.....
Some road damage showing primer coat....
...rotor non-contact areas were not painted from the factory..I repaint them every year. The caliper housing was polished with a wire brush and coated with Aluminum wheel polish and cleaner...they are looking pretty good still....
The brake pad backs were painted grabber orange last year and look dirty, will clean and repaint for aesthetics and judged bonus points.
The rear wheel wheels were rubber coated sprayed 2 years ago and need some attention....
Little rust on the black painted rear axle... looking better than expected! That whole axle housing was bare metal from the factory and was really rusty...used a couple wire wheels and rust converter 2 years ago to get it looking rust free.....
Wheels need cleaning inside....
To inspect the front wheel wells, I remove the plastic covers and save the plastic ware in baggies....
Some debree and bugs in lower quarter panels.....
...those plastic wells did some damage to the paint near the connection points! This will rust if salt is added to the mix....have to fix all the bare metal contact points and figure a way to stop this!!! Every point has bare metal!! ...not good.
Well, I have several potential corrosion issues to address, most are minor and I am satisfied that I am doing the right things to preserve my pony.
Next up is to start attacking my punch list of all the undercarriage issues I have found today...later on tonight, I post up some results and fixes.
I am headed back out to the heated garage...it's a great way to spend Christmas day, for me!
