I Krown'd did you ??

Got my 2015 into Krown PA yesterday. Drove through 3 states to get there but worth it..
I made the warranty by one month. I feel piece of mind now for any rust issues.

 

I have a 2015 .. Im going to undercoat. I bought the truck in 8/15/2015. What warranty are you talking about ?

 

Krown is a Canadian rust prevention company that offers a spray on treatment. If you get it treated with them they will offer a warranty against rust issues depending on the age of your vehicle, and contingent on bringing your vehicle back annually for treatments.

https://www.krown.com/warranty/

I was going to get this applied to my 2015 back in Feb before I went on vacation, then a douchecanoe plowed into me in a parking lot at work...so I'm waiting out the 30 day no wax/seal timeframe my body shop gave me for the new paint, just to be on the safe side.

 

Oh ok .. tks moscowpyro ... wont work for me. Krown dealer is quite a ride for me.

 

*peace

 

He might have a hole in his head, you don't know his story!

 

Huh ? ..Im uncertain if your talking about me .... What I meant is I wouldn't be able to get back to PA every so often to get things checked out. But I may decide to use Krown and have it delivered to my home and bring it to the dealer (or another shop) to apply. Maybe every two years have the frame inspected for bare or trouble spots. I cant see where rust should be all that bad down here. I dont live near the water and the snow isn't anything like it was back on Long Island.

 

It is an annual treatment at the Known location. They also treated inside all doors. If you watch the link below on the process you can see.

https://www.krown.com/process/

 

Yes sir, Lawrence. I did watch that ... but the closest Krown is in Mechanicsville PA... 6 hours away. I was thinking getting the dealer to do the Fluid film then occasionally go over it with https://www.theruststore.com/Product.aspx?ProductId=216&gclid=CMSFvZrO48sCFVFlfgod_MUO-g as mentioned in another post.

 

What are the costs for the treatments? Are they seriously annually?

 

Do they do the under carriage? The video didn't really explicitly say that they did. The closest one to me is two hours away but that's worth the drive

 

Yaz, @skiergd011013 had his done in the fall.

 

Mine was about $150. Not cheap, but beats crawling around under the truck dripping fluid film or something all over myself. They do the entire undercarriage, drill holes in the door sills, and remove the tail lights to spray the inner bedsides. The only complaints I may have are paying $150/year, and the shit gets everywhere. I can't even put the hood up without getting it on my hands. They really do spray it everywhere.

 

^Part of the reason I didn't go for it - Krown focuses too much on the body and not on the frame. The body panels on Tacomas (even 1st gens) are quite corrosion-resistant - the 1st gens you see online with frames bent in half still had pristine body panels. I didn't want to deal with the mess and I didn't want them to drill holes in the door.

$140 CAD per treatment in Canada: https://www.krown.com/pricing/3-and-4-door-pickup-pricing-krown-rust-control/ Best to ask the PA location for US pricing.

Need to do it annually if you want Krown to honor their warranty: https://www.krown.com/warranty/

 

Did you go with a different vendor or DIY?

 

It does make quite a mess, but I think it will be worth it a few years down the road. Everything on my 1st gen was rusted underneath, axle housing, cross members, control arms, skid plates. Anything that could rust. As for the holes they drill, I was a bit worried about them too, but they put little black plugs in them and I don't even notice them unless I'm actually looking for them.

 

I wonder if its possible to have them just do the undercarriage

 

^I got a "custom" undercoating done at the dealer (i.e. I stood under the truck on the lift and told the mechanic where to spray). Inside the boxed sections of the frame, they sprayed the same CRC from the 1st gen frame rust campaign, minus the etchant. Outside the frame, they sprayed the "standard" waxy-rubbery undercoating the dealer upsells with new cars. Cost me $200 one-time.

 

They probably would, but I'm sure it would void the warranty.

 

I just moved from Florida, to Kansas City...looking to get this done before Fall