in ny they feel the need to soil the streets with excessive amounts of rock salt. The streets are white with salt and my truck needs a heatercore right now. How bad is it to drive your car on that crap, can you just spray it off the undercarriage and the finish?

 

I'm in the same situation as you bro. I live in Brooklyn and they are pouring salt into the street.. If you do decide to drive your car in the salt, WASH THE UNDERCARRIAGE THE SAME DAY!!! You should be able to find a place that puts your car up on a lift and they pressure wash the undercarriage OR some local car washes offer this service.

 

Same deal as you guys. My DD is broke, been driving evo everyday. Washing it after every use on the horrible salt roads is not realistic. When my DD is back on the road i plan to wash entire car, undercarage and especially in the upper inner lips of the fenders above the tires. Its killing me drive the evo, on the highway the spreaders shoot that salt out like buckshot. My hood went from pristine to a peppered mess

 

A part if me says screw it just drive the car its a rally car, but then when i look out the window my decision quickly changes

 

It is realistic. There's a car wash a few blocks away from my house where you drive through, and there are water nozzles that spray the underside of the car. Its like 5 bucks.

 

You can stick a sprinkler under your car, let it sway back and forth and just move it around different spots. Easy to do and save the money/trip to car washes all the time.

 

Brilliant. My car has been hand cared for since new. driving through a car was i wont do. Sprinkler is a great idea as long as my hose is not frozen.

 

I don't think a sprinkler has enough pressure to actually remove the salt.. All I see it doing is barely wetting it..

 

Get a rustproofing done before winter if you regularly drive your car in the winter. On top of that I also rinse off the car (undercarriage included) with a pressure washer once every 1-2 weeks depending on how bad the roads are.

 

Pretty good idea Squeeb I never thought about that.Thanks for the heads up.

 

I tried this new years day. I used a run of the mill sprinkler and ran hot water through it. It worked really well and appeared to have plenty of pressure. My DD is in the shop and hope to have it back early next week.

 

It works pretty damn well.

 

Guys, Been working in the commercial heavy duty vehicle business for over 24 years

Corrosion damage caused by road salts, de-icing chemicals is very prevalent in the industry, causing large dollar loses due to damage. Its a battle we fight every cold season.

Aluminum components & electrical connections are very susceptible to corrosion damage caused by salts, calcium & mag chlorides

You guys are on the right road, attempting to remove as much of that solution as soon as possible (as quickly as possible)

 

I know wet salt is really bad but if you drive on fully dry salted roads can it just be rinsed? If you stand on the side of the street and when a car passes you open your mouth you can actually taste the dry salt traveling in the air.

 

Just rinse it off, like they said, try to get to an undercarriage wash place.

If it gets really bad for me I put it on the lift and spray it down.