[Tiorio]

So I’ve got some bad rust on my JK Sport. I‘ve read some stuff on line and figure this is the best place. I keep my rear and back windows out from March thru October. When it rains the back get wet and the water drains from the plug holes. Rust is really getting bad on what looks to be a protection plate (I hope) Just need some advice on what to do to fix it. Thanks

 

[LouC]

That’s your gas tank skid plate. Needs to be replaced

 

[Tiorio]

That’s your gas tank skid plate. Needs to be replaced

Ok so it this something an Average person can fix and replace on there own or there’s more to it then removing the piece and then replacing it.

 

[LouC]

As long as you can get the bolts loose you should be able to do it

 

[JonMopar]

that’s surprisingly bad for a jk, and I’ve seen some crispy JKs…but maybe they were using crappy metal that day lol.

replace it and keep sendin’ er. Maybe try fluid film to slow it down on the rest of the jeep

 

[LouC]

Get a solid one & scuff up the original paint. Then brush on 2 coats of Rustolium primer followed by 2 coats of Rustolium satin black. It won’t rust again.
Check your oil pan they get rusty like that as well on JKs. If so fix it before it gets bad. Sand; use rust converter then paint. Brush on 2 coats of primer & paint. Brushing gives a thicker coat that’s more protection.

 

[Prot]

That’s pretty bad. I thought I was in the CJ section when I saw that picture.

My 2014 has no rust. I have almost 117,000 miles on it. It’s never garaged. I don’t have fluid film or any undercoating or protectant applied or anything.

The only thing I can think of that is happening with yours is driving through salt water and not washing it off or driving on heavily salted roads and never washing it.

It doesn’t snow down here.

 

[JonMopar]

Salt does crazy things. That’s all I can say

 

[Tiorio]

So I bought a replacement skid plate. Everything I read said to place it right over the original because it holds up the gas tank. So assuming (lol) I’m able to do that, any negatives to just trapping all that rust underneath the new one?

 

[Prot]

I wouldn’t do that. I would also look closely at the areas where the skid plate attaches to as it may be very rotten.

FFS what happened to that poor JK.

 

[XXXJaded]

So I’ve got some bad rust on my JK Sport. I‘ve read some stuff on line and figure this is the best place. I keep my rear and back windows out from March thru October. When it rains the back get wet and the water drains from the plug holes. Rust is really getting bad on what looks to be a protection plate (I hope) Just need some advice on what to do to fix it. Thanks View attachment 4172228
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I was up north for several months recently. Saddest thing I saw was that people actually accepted rust. Like it has minimal rust👆and it's for sale??
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I'd kick some city and state's azzes all over the place for putting salt on any road, if I lived there. If you live around snow and ice, adapt! Get rid of the Prius and buy 4x4s and deal with it. Right?? They're destroying your property and investments!!! and they are like whatever!! Where I'm from, where like rust??? F*#$k you!! I hate to see old classics or whatever all trashed out by salted roads. It's horse $hitt!!!

 

[XXXJaded]

We're

 

[Boojo35]

I was up north for several months recently. Saddest thing I saw was that people actually accepted rust. Like it has minimal rust👆and it's for sale??
🤔
I'd kick some city and state's azzes all over the place for putting salt on any road, if I lived there. If you live around snow and ice, adapt! Get rid of the Prius and buy 4x4s and deal with it. Right?? They're destroying your property and investments!!! and they are like whatever!! Where I'm from, where like rust??? F*#$k you!! I hate to see old classics or whatever all trashed out by salted roads. It's horse $hitt!!!

Where I live, not using a deicer such as salt on the roads would require a complete shutdown of the economy several times a winter. You cannot adapt. When even the baddest 4wd will slide off the side of any road crown even at 5-10 MPH...... Nope.... One cannot adapt in some conditions....No 4wd or driver skills will do it. Sure, sand provides traction on ice, but you have to help the ice to go away.... You obviously do not live or drive where I live. Yes, I hate salt. That is why my 87 YJ gets parked in the winter. I do not sacrifice my classic on it. Your post is a little short sighted of where some of us really live. Salt is necessary to make a living. JS.

 

[JonMopar]

^ I live in just this spot. Sand sometimes does well but it’s not as effective. In the last few years, our municipality has begun using a hybrid brine using calcium chloride that is more effective, but eats rocker panels at an exponential rate. It’s even hard on paint work (follow a truck applying this to the streets…and if you don’t go to a car wash immediately, your paint will be etched with cloudy spots).

The solution: move down south or drive a disposal EV. Keep the fun stuff for the summer lol 😉

 

[Boojo35]

^ I live in just this spot. Sand sometimes does well but it’s not as effective. In the last few years, our municipality has begun using a hybrid brine using calcium chloride that is more effective, but eats rocker panels at an exponential rate. It’s even hard on paint work (follow a truck applying this to the streets…and if you don’t go to a car wash immediately, your paint will be etched with cloudy spots).

The solution: move down south or drive a disposal EV. Keep the fun stuff for the summer lol 😉

That is truth my friend. You get it.

'd kick some city and state's azzes all over the place for putting salt on any road, if I lived there. If you live around snow and ice, adapt! Get rid of the Prius and buy 4x4s and deal with it. Right??

It is not quite this simple. I wish it was.

 

[Boojo35]

So I do not get it. Salt is not acceptable at all to @XXXJaded and he would kick Azz and sell the prius and simply go 4wd..... then suddenly goes to liking my post explaining how it is necessary.

I am assuming that he saw rust on a summer vacation ....... Never really drove on the roads that cause it.... Assumed that Northern drivers are jackholes. Some video game made him think we were not capable drivers. That we accepted rust for no reason. His joystick could get him around reality on some level of the game.

 

[XXXJaded]

Where I live, not using a deicer such as salt on the roads would require a complete shutdown of the economy several times a winter. You cannot adapt. When even the baddest 4wd will slide off the side of any road crown even at 5-10 MPH...... Nope.... One cannot adapt in some conditions....No 4wd or driver skills will do it. Sure, sand provides traction on ice, but you have to help the ice to go away.... You obviously do not live or drive where I live. Yes, I hate salt. That is why my 87 YJ gets parked in the winter. I do not sacrifice my classic on it. Your post is a little short sighted of where some of us really live. Salt is necessary to make a living. JS.

Do they use salt and grime in Alaska? or do they adapt? Polar bears don't complain about the snow and ice. I'm sure that there's a better answer than the destroyer one. I think it's just an easy way out for the highway department. It's insane. I'm looking in on stuck on stupid, and seeing the insane amount of high level of stupidity. They do make cab over snowmobiles, ect?? Ice Road Truckers in Alaska? Get it?

So I do not get it. Salt is not acceptable at all to @XXXJaded and he would kick Azz and sell the prius and simply go 4wd..... then suddenly goes to liking my post explaining how it is necessary.

I am assuming that he saw rust on a summer vacation ....... Never really drove on the roads that cause it.... Assumed that Northern drivers are jackholes. Some video game made him think we were not capable drivers. That we accepted rust for no reason. His joystick could get him around reality on some level of the game.

I hear that sand works in all temperatures you Northern dikk

 

[JonMopar]

Do they use salt and grime in Alaska? or do they adapt? Polar bears don't complain about the snow and ice. I'm sure that there's a better answer than the destroyer one. I think it's just an easy way out for the highway department. It's insane. I'm looking in on stuck on stupid, and seeing the insane amount of high level of stupidity. They do make cab over snowmobiles, ect?? Ice Road Truckers in Alaska? Get it?

I hear that sand works in all temperatures you Northern dikk

I don’t want to get in the middle of anything but I live in Atlantic Canada. Home to -40 (Fahrenheit) nights, and then a above freezing slushy days…80mph winds, and snow falls that can total 4+ feet in one storm. You can know how to drive all you want, but it won’t matter. Parked cars slide down driveways and streets here. Sand works well but our snow season can run from October to April, so if all they used was sand after big storms l that often end with freezing rain…by the end of the winter, you wouldn’t see where the roads end and the sidewalks or ditches begin. We have the kind of storms that end with hundreds of thousands without power because power lines can’t handle the weight of being incased in ice. You can’t just own a shovel here and hope to keep your driveway clear. Most have snow blowers at the very least, or a truck with a plow. I have a tractor.

Studded tires are a good choice here, but they don’t make those for city busses etc.

So yes I hate salt and calcium chloride brines. I wish they used sand a bit more, but I also realize it doesn’t necessarily work better all the time.

And you cant compare ice road truckers to this. They welcome compacted snow as it helps prolong the road life. And it’s usually always cold there, so the conditions during the season are great….cold ice on a cool day makes for sticky ice. They aren’t going down a winding 2 lane ice road going 70mph with screaming kids in the back on the way to school. But we are down the highway.

A bunch of us east coast boys went down to Wisconsin for the ice races. The locals knew right away we were no stranger to driving on trashy snow covered ice lol.

But I digress. I hate winter

 

[JonMopar]

Also you’ll be hard pressed to find 2wd full sized trucks here. A used 2wd 1/2 ton is nearly worthless. A friend of mine couldn’t get $10k for the same truck others are getting $30k for just because his wasn’t 4x4.

 

[Prot]

When only a couple of posts in your thread are relevant….