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Rusting Calmini Parts?

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Offline AJMBLAZER

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Re: Rusting Calmini Parts? Not just Calmini
« Reply #15 on: November 27, 2005, 07:58:04 AM »
Quote from: Shredder on November 27, 2005, 07:49:45 AM
Too bad we can't all complain to the DOT and get them to stop salting our roads. I hate the stuff.   >:(

I feel your pain.   Had to pull the Ranger off the road during the winter because it simply shouldn't go through many more winters without rust becoming a big issue.  Right now it's got some surface rust but nothing that annoys me.  Another winter or two.... :-[

Heh, salt is too cost effective...despite the fact that it eats the road surface, kills surrounding vegitation, polutes the ground water, and oh yeah, destroys our vehicles faster than we can pay them off...
What kills me is if Michigan uses road salt because it's cost effective how come less populace states like Montana use cinders instead?  Wouldn't you think they'd be using the cheapest method possible?

My ultimate solution is to move the heck outta this frozen iceberg of a state.

Now back to our previously scheduled thread... ;D
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Re: Rusting Calmini Parts?
« Reply #16 on: November 27, 2005, 05:53:45 PM »
FYI, Calcium is used in maine. Well how far up i am, last exit on the I-95 before Canada.
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Re: Rusting Calmini Parts?
« Reply #17 on: November 28, 2005, 12:44:28 AM »
Quote from: AJMBLAZER on November 27, 2005, 07:52:50 AM
Powdercoat isn't rust proof in any way, no matter what people that sell stuff that is powdercoated say.  I've seen stuff with no scratches, dings, chips, dents, whatever start rusting here in the salt belt.  Even powdercoat has microscopic little fissures for the salt to get into and through and then start rust underneath it.  How long powdercoat will last depends upon how well it is done.  Remember that Calmini is in SoCal so their powdercoater probably doesn't worry about saltbelt road salt.  He can do a crappy job and it will last for decades there.

You can't do much about scratches but seriously a proper job phosphate wash, zinc undercoat and powdercoat the same as they do wheels is rated for twenty years in a saltwater environment.

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Re: Rusting Calmini Parts?
« Reply #18 on: November 28, 2005, 03:41:23 AM »
The average steel wheel doesn't last much longer than 5 years in Michigan before it's rusting.

It's hard not to scratch wheels or anything else on a 4x4...which is my point, powdercoating just won't last.  Besides, a lot of the "powdercoated" stuff just starts to rust like mad the instant it hits these environments.
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Re: Rusting Calmini Parts?
« Reply #19 on: November 28, 2005, 06:37:04 PM »
Quote from: AJMBLAZER on November 28, 2005, 03:41:23 AM
The average steel wheel doesn't last much longer than 5 years in Michigan before it's rusting.

It's hard not to scratch wheels or anything else on a 4x4...which is my point, powdercoating just won't last.  Besides, a lot of the "powdercoated" stuff just starts to rust like mad the instant it hits these environments.

I agree. My wheels dont last much more than 3-4 years with extreme care. The bedliner paint Ive been using has been holding up perfect so far, however it has only been 2 years since I did this.

Mike
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Re: Rusting Calmini Parts?
« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2005, 08:11:10 PM »
I bought a Calmini steering stabilizer last year.  Great product, works well, I just found the powdercoat to be a little on the lacking side.  It was chipping and peeling when i got it.  Worse comes to worse its nothing a little wheel grinder and some paint cant cure. 
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