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Is it different in Indiana from in the Northeast? I've never heard of someone actually getting a rust proofing treatment on their car. I know that I'm supposed

Is it different in Indiana from in the Northeast? I've never heard of someone actually getting a rust proofing treatment on their car. I know that I'm supposed to get a couple car washes during and after the winter season to get the salt off, but that's as much as (or more than) most people do here. That said, unless it's a particularly snowy or icy winter, the roads themselves are usually clear on any given day (in part due to aggressive plowing and salting during and after storms). So maybe if the difference between consistent precipitation and intermittent big dumpings of snow or freezing rain.

mikestew 3y ago
Is it different in Indiana from in the Northeast? I've never heard of someone actually getting a rust proofing treatment on their car. The difference could also be the nearly 30 years since I've lived in Indiana. :-) Most people I knew got their new cars rust-proofed. But, again, it is my understanding that factory body panels have improved. I don't know the exact difference, but I know that new cars get their panels galvanized in some manner. Perhaps old cars didn't get that treatment (and I'd have to go look up whether that's true or not, 'cuz hell if I know). But what I do recall is that if you didn't get your car rust-proofed, there were some cars that would suffer more greatly than others. Chryslers would rust their rear quarter panels until you couldn't put anything in the trunk (though I think that particular issue might have been water intrusion). Japanese cars would just rust to the frame (exaggerated to illustrate the point). But these guys (https://www.ziebart.com https://www.ziebart.com) are still in business, so it's either inertia from old people like me (because that's just what you do) or body panel rust is still an issue. I do notice that when I enter my Washington zip code into the Zeibart "find a local shop" page, it says there aren't any close to me, so make of it what you will.

mikestew 3y ago

Is it different in Indiana from in the Northeast? I've never heard of someone actually getting a rust proofing treatment on their car. The difference could also be the nearly 30 years since I've lived in Indiana. :-) Most people I knew got their new cars rust-proofed. But, again, it is my understanding that factory body panels have improved. I don't know the exact difference, but I know that new cars get their panels galvanized in some manner. Perhaps old cars didn't get that treatment (and I'd have to go look up whether that's true or not, 'cuz hell if I know). But what I do recall is that if you didn't get your car rust-proofed, there were some cars that would suffer more greatly than others. Chryslers would rust their rear quarter panels until you couldn't put anything in the trunk (though I think that particular issue might have been water intrusion). Japanese cars would just rust to the frame (exaggerated to illustrate the point). But these guys (https://www.ziebart.com https://www.ziebart.com) are still in business, so it's either inertia from old people like me (because that's just what you do) or body panel rust is still an issue. I do notice that when I enter my Washington zip code into the Zeibart "find a local shop" page, it says there aren't any close to me, so make of it what you will.