How are you Tacoma Frame holding up?

2005 62k miles Been in WA all its life.








Is there anything I can do now to prevent further rusting?
How are your Frame holding up?

 

zero rust, sorry no pics but it is to me expected living in California

 

Should I lose sleep over this? I know it sucks but should I be at all worried? I was planning to keep this truck for a very long time.

 

Get some good primer and top coat and go over all the areas that need it.

From the pictures, there is nothing to worry about, its all just light surface rust.

 

took mine to ziebart 30 days after delivery...not worrying about rust...

 

Until it rusts out under it and holes poke through the coating.

 

get under it and wash it out good then wire brush to remove loose
stuff then this http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/sto...t-spray-enamel-11-oz-matte-black?cm_vc=-10005

 

Up here in NY all pickups become rust buckets, regardless of who makes them. I seem to get about 3-4 more years out of my trucks than most of my friends. I wash the salt off the undercarriage after every winter storm and every spring I crawl under the truck and spray Black Rustoleum paint over anything that shows signs of corrosion.

 

OP. You have nothing to worry over looking at your pics. Hell I have more rust on my balls than that!

 

Look into POR 15 rust treatment.

 

Mine looks about the same and I'm also in WA with an 05'.

 

Mine is still virtually rust free at 5 years old. I plan to start using fluid film to keep it that way.

 

good idea, I know if your from the northeast they need to be under coated day 1.

 

you guys from the south would get bored of the same truck before they ever give out, must be nice.

 

Mine is still pretty good. Few small spots of rust. I live in PA where they use enough salt to make your entire vehicle look white after driving on wintery wet roads.

 

Hey sport253
Your rust does not look bad at all.
From the looks of it, it is only very mild surface rust.
I will be doing a thread in a month or so, but for now...
Power wash with a de-greaser, wire brush, then paint with black rustoleum.
Good luck

 

2005 TRD sport prerunner, zero surface rust but I don't off road and we don't get salt put on our roads down here in south Texas. Don't live near the coast either so I guess all that helps from getting rust in the udercarriage.

 

My new frame is doing just fine(replaced Aug. 2011), zero rust but what else is there to expect in the Az desert. The previous frame didn't have any rust either but it did crack at the l/f motor mount.

 

Had mine up in NY for a year and then MD for three. I crawl under it every oil change and look - so far its been doing great. As others have said, I hit the spots with a wire brush and then black Rustoleum. Now living in GA so alls good!

 

What if I leave it alone and do nothing is it going to rot through?