I'd Like to Tell Toyota...This is for constructive suggestions to be made to Toyota regarding the FJ Cruiser. This is a flame free forum and heavily moderated.
It seems alot of the brackets, nuts, bolts, fasteners, brake line fittings etc are all rusty. My 16 years old Ohio rust-belt 4Runner and 20 year old other Toyotas have hardware in better condition than a 2 year old FJ. Your plating and coatings have taken a serious quality dive. The seam welds all along the frame have already lost their coating and are rusty.
Welcome to the world of cars made in last few years. Every year that passes is every year a company tries to save a buck. Cheaper, weaker, and cheaper and did I mention cheaper?. It's the way of the world my friend.
Is it worth it to scrap off the rust and paint over it....? I mean is the lil rust really going to hurt anything?
At some point theses parts/nuts/bolts will have to come apart for repair or maintence. I'd rather use the tools intended for the fastener to get them as opposed to the torch, air saw or cut-off wheel. A rusty hatch strut bracket will drip rust stains on the paint in the door jamb...rust begets more rust.
I've used it and have no complaints. It sticks to whatever you brush it on. I spilled a little on my driveway 8 years ago an it's still there.
Because you brush it on, you can be very selective where it goes.....unlike a rattle can.
That's the stuff. I too am upset at how quickly rust has formed under my FJ. My five year Chevy truck looks better than my 18 month old FJ and my FJ has seen minimal(if any) road salt whereas the Chevy is my daily driver. Luckily, my FJ is a toy and can be garaged most of the winter when salt is present. When I get a chance I do plan to touchup the worst spots.
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I've used it and have no complaints. It sticks to whatever you brush it on. I spilled a little on my driveway 8 years ago an it's still there.
Because you brush it on, you can be very selective where it goes.....unlike a rattle can.
I'm gonna get me some of that stuff. I've been told about it for years, but haven't found it. Well, it hasn't magically appeared in my garage... I haven't looked for it. But I'm going to now.
I rotated my wheels last night. Man, those studs are pure brown and the squeaking and crunching sounds as I unscrewed the lug nuts was bad. So, I grabbed my Remoil for cleaning my guns and blasted all the lugs.... they are the open ended type. Five minutes later I went back and the rest came off nice, smooth, and quiet. I have some serious rust issues to deal with. I wish they would just stop using road salt, or any ice melter for that matter. It really isn't that hard to drive on snow and ice. I've been doing it my whole life. You just need to learn to do it and practice. Completely unplowed roads with black ice are actually some of my favorite driving conditions.
I'm gonna get me some of that stuff. I've been told about it for years, but haven't found it. Well, it hasn't magically appeared in my garage... I haven't looked for it. But I'm going to now.
I rotated my wheels last night. Man, those studs are pure brown and the squeaking and crunching sounds as I unscrewed the lug nuts was bad. So, I grabbed my Remoil for cleaning my guns and blasted all the lugs.... they are the open ended type. Five minutes later I went back and the rest came off nice, smooth, and quiet. I have some serious rust issues to deal with. I wish they would just stop using road salt, or any ice melter for that matter. It really isn't that hard to drive on snow and ice. I've been doing it my whole life. You just need to learn to do it and practice. Completely unplowed roads with black ice are actually some of my favorite driving conditions.
Buy the little cans 'cause it doesn't keep very well once it's opened. Also buy the solvent 'cause nothing I had (paint thinner, acetone, rubbing alcohol, gasoline) would take it off my hands. It took a week for it to wear off my fingers.
I can see surface rust on the frame of my 2008 with 700 miles on it.
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