2024 Chevy HD ZR2
Looks like a good looking truck and Ford and Ram offroad HDs may have been put on notice, but GM needs to ditch the hot wax dipped frames for a e coated/painted frame. Link
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CWilson wrote:FishOnOne wrote:
Looks like a good looking truck and Ford and Ram offroad HDs may have been put on notice, but GM needs to ditch the hot wax dipped frames for a e coated/painted frame.
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Why? So it can peel off in sheets such as it does after 2 winter seasons on Ford trucks here in road salt/brine country? I assume a Fanboy forum sheet starter knocking GM, who doesn't own one and probably never has or never would own one regardless, even if they coated their frames with molten zinc.
This is why!
Owned a '87 Chevy, '92 Chevy, '98 Ford, '05 Ford, '12 Ford for personal use. The '92, '98, and '05 had hot wax dipped frames and I hated them because dirt/mud would stick to them and eventually the wax would wear off.
Here's two pictures taken the same day of two trucks ~same age with one being my Ford E coated and neighbors Chevy hot wax coated. Pretty obvious which coating is more durable.
E Coat with ~260k miles
Hot Wax <100k miles
