Re: Anyone Else Get Their Tacoma Frame Rust Letter?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: John L</div><div class="ubbcode-body">With you being in VA. I would guess you may not have a big problem. In MI they love the road salt. </div></div>
15 years ago, no, it wasn't a big problem......
The winters here in SWVA lately are getting a lot longer, and a lot rougher....two years ago we got more total snow fall here than my buddy in Schenectady had.
Used to be they'd "treat" the roads, once in a while when a "big snow" was in the forecast prior to it getting here....with "road chemicals", or more correctly known as salt brine.
Of late, they still treat the roads like that, and more frequently.....and they've also discovered the beauty of how well cinders and salt work where the brine is useless.
Road salt corrosion is not just a northern thing anymore......
As to japanese steel rusting.....I grew up with intimate knowledge of the 70's era Chevy pickup and all the jap body parts that literally fell off by the chunk.