![]() 04/27/2017 at 20:52 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
You see that thing on the fender behind the wheels. They call it a rock guard, but it’s actually a water, and salt catcher. Salty water runs down the side of you truck slides down under it, and lets rust grow where you won’t see it, until it’s too late.
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What makes it even worse is that they’re made with MANLY MAN STEEL, aka oxygen’s best friend.
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Oxygen and salt’s best friends.
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Oxygen is the friend, salt (and water) are the doofuses egging them on.
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Everyone who’s ever owned a 1990s Honda just cringed a little bit.
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Enablers.
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They do a ton for protecting the paint. It’d be peppered with rocks if you didn’t have them.
I work in a body shop and remove these all the time. The’re usually clipped/ taped on to most vehicles so no real way to start rust.
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I’ll have you know I have two 90's Hondas with zero rust anywhere. Then again I have a 45 year old car with only surface rust. YMMV
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Drill a bunch of small holes in the bottom, done
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Have I mentioned how glad I am to NOT have to deal with salty roads dissolving my cars for 8 months out of the year? Been there, done that... totally over it.
(Imagine non-Kinja’d image of my completely floorless ‘95 XJ here)
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It really does suck
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That’s why I consistently wash mine when winter hits.
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You’re very lucky.