slihp Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 So have a nice new cross member fitted, its looking great but only has the standard black finish. The insides have been waxoiled as per but what should I do with all the outward facing sections regarding rust prevention? should these also get a coat of waxoil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paime Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 In my experience, the standard black coating that comes with after-market chassis parts will give you a couple of years of protection and then it'll start to stain and ultimately rust. I think the best way to properly sort it would be to strip the existing coating off (or at least key into it) and apply something a little bit more rugged. The experts will be along shortly to let you know what that coating should be but I'm a fan of red oxy as a base coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Yes, I use Black Waxoyl on exterior surfaces (funnily enough I touched up my crossmember only yesterday). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 I haven't done mine yet but I've got the fxliner kit from buzzweld - http://www.buzzweld.co.uk/fxliner-1k-crossmember-bumper-refurbishing-kit.html. The crossmember on mine is about 3 or 4 years old, it had been left with the original paint and I gave it a coating of dinitrol while I was doing the chassis just over a year ago. Probably an element of user error and I didn't put it on thick enough but it started rusting around the edges pretty quickly and is covered in surface rust now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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