[tsy87]

After having to do very extensive touch-ups every spring, I'm ready to try something new...

The problem is all the sand & salt that gets put on the roads during the looong New England winter. It basically sandblasts the cross bars on the underside, then adds salt for extra-quick rusting.

This year I am getting them professionally sandblasted, then painted with a thick coat of POR-15, then top-coated with Rustoleum textured black (the POR-15 is not UV stable, so it's fine all by itself for undercarriage parts where the sun never shines, not so much for the tops of the sliders). Finally, I am adding small ABS plastic guards to the cross members on the underside - where they take the most hits from sand and gravel.

We'll see how they doing come next spring.

I've thought about some sort of plastic gaurd to the high wear areas that tend to get sand blasted off. Post pix when you get yours done!

 

[tsy87]

I will do that.

Right now, I am thinking about heat-bending 1/8" ABS so that they just clip-on to the cross members. We'll see if that will actually work once I try it. Would be good to have an attachment method that does not involve drilling any holes - the rust does not need an extra invitation.

I was just going to use zip ties or VHB double sided tape lol. I'm sure you will come up with something much more elegant!