What is 'normal' for rust / oxidation?
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What is 'normal' for rust / oxidation?
I was cleaning up my car, washing and waxing today, I went underneath (where I hadn't been in a while), and I noticed a few rusty items - some exhaust flanges, a few bolts, the metal support bars that hold up the exhaust in the rear of the car, the mid-pipe (I think) was getting pretty oxidized, and some additional bolts. - Is all of this fairly normal, or should I be worried? I am not a mechanic, so I don't have prior experience with knowing how various underbody parts are 'supposed' to react with the environment.
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I was cleaning up my car, washing and waxing today, I went underneath (where I hadn't been in a while), and I noticed a few rusty items - some exhaust flanges, a few bolts, the metal support bars that hold up the exhaust in the rear of the car, the mid-pipe (I think) was getting pretty oxidized, and some additional bolts. - Is all of this fairly normal, or should I be worried? I am not a mechanic, so I don't have prior experience with knowing how various underbody parts are 'supposed' to react with the environment.
I had the same question a month after I got my car too.
https://www.myg37.com/forums/g37-sed...ng-normal.html
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I was cleaning up my car, washing and waxing today, I went underneath (where I hadn't been in a while), and I noticed a few rusty items - some exhaust flanges, a few bolts, the metal support bars that hold up the exhaust in the rear of the car, the mid-pipe (I think) was getting pretty oxidized, and some additional bolts. - Is all of this fairly normal, or should I be worried? I am not a mechanic, so I don't have prior experience with knowing how various underbody parts are 'supposed' to react with the environment.
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That is good to know - thank you for pointer to the thread, and the pics - mine doesn't look anywhere near as bad as the pics in the thread, though - that is pretty funky. I've had mine since June 2009, and it is very wet in the deep south, but no salt or corrosives on the road, thank God.
#5
After looking at those, I think I'm going to have to get a stainless catback. I can't stand rusty exhaust parts - I'm weird that way, but I think they look really unattractive. I wonder if the new Sport exhaust on the Infiniti website is a catback (Tannabe Medallion?)...I wonder if our stock headers get really rusty as well - my G8's headers got so rusty so fast, it was breathtaking, like some sort of magic trick.
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