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Rachel
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 Oct-27-04, 05:12 PM (EDT)
 
"Undercarriage"
 
   Hi- I have a 1996 Jetta and I was wondering if I needed to get my undercarriage sealed to prevent rusting. I will probably have it for another three years or so. If it's helpful, I just bought the car in California and I have moved to Northern Virginia. I've been told that it just gets slushy here, not a large amount of snow. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks.


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Sprunch66
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418 posts		 Oct-28-04, 02:16 PM (EDT)
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1. "RE: Undercarriage"
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   I would do it just for the piece of mind. AMSOIL sells a product called MPHD it's a heavy duty metal protector that works great as a undercoating.
They're galvanized so they shouldn't rust but we know better than that.

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Rachel
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 Oct-28-04, 03:02 PM (EDT)
 
2. "RE: Undercarriage"
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   Thanks for the info. Another question then...where would I go to get it done, besides the dealer, which would charge an arm and a leg? I know it's expensive to have it done, but I need to do it that way and would rather pay half an arm than what a VW dealer would charge.


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tpond
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104 posts		 Oct-29-04, 09:54 AM (EDT)
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3. "RE: Undercarriage"
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   I would Not do it. Ati this stage you risk traping moisture or salt under the undercoating. Instead: keep the car clean. when you get to VA check out all the other Jettas of your vintage, I bet almost all of them are still just fine.


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Sprunch66
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418 posts		 Nov-02-04, 07:17 PM (EDT)
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4. "RE: Undercarriage"
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   I totally misunderstood what you meant by undercoating.
What we-uns do is spray the underside of the vehicle to add to the protection that's already there.
Sorry for the confusion based on symantics...

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