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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mkirsch wrote:
They don't salt the roads in Texas. Here in the rust belt it don't much matter what you put on the frames they're showing surface rust in 2 years and the coating is gone in 5.
BTW I see these new Chevys are coming with 2" lift kits from the factory.
Perzactly. And in concert with my previous point. Different coatings doo better in different conditions. And in the rust belt, I’d take a good lanolin or petroleum based coating over a quick dip e coat. However I’d take e coat if I wanted to protect it further, more permanently, IE with paint.
That said e coat is fine, not “better” except for appearance sake. But it’s kind of the devil in paint/coating systems. Remember all the “peelers” from the 80s/90s, particularly the ones with black “primer”? Yup, e coat. Not a good substrate for finiishes, for a couple different reasons.
Am I happy my Ram is e coat? Yup. Cause I need to repaint the entire chassis since it is almost as rusted as Fishes Chevy example. And I dont have to deal with stripping off any of that GM crud. But it’s also not holding up….so….
