stock muffler available? or aftermarket recos. Also rocker and A-pillar rust mitigation

[David Pertuz]

I may rustproof (or spray Fluid Film or something) my JSW since it's new to
me and a squeaky-clean CA car; for the SE-R I just want to stop what's
started.

And driving it again reminds me that nothing else I've owned has the
super-snappy throttle response of this car. I've had the JWT ECU on it for
so long I don't remember what it was like without it.

David

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 2:16 PM James McColl <james.mccoll at gmail.com> wrote:

> I started rustproofing my NX as soon as I bought it in 1996. It kept it
> pretty nice, from when it was a DD (track-only - well, jackstands lately,
> but no need to keep rustproofing).
>
> On Tuesday, 29 September 2020, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I knew a Canadian would chime in on that.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 1:02 PM James McColl <james.mccoll at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Corrosion Free rustproofing is used by the Canadian military for their
>>> vehicles. In their testing, Rustcheck was third, Krown second, CF first.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't do it myself though. It's messy and the shop would have the
>>> expertise and proper applicators to apply it properly without missing areas.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 29 September 2020, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just got my car back with a new rack and new front end (control arms
>>>> with bushings, a/r bar bushings, end links, strut mounts, replaced broken
>>>> spring). I'm thrilled to drive it again. But in all its sitting, the
>>>> exhaust broke again. A couple of years ago I finally repaired the damage
>>>> from the cat converter theft using a cat that Josh Palmer gave me. When
>>>> this was done, the joint between the midpipe and muffler was too stuck to
>>>> unbolt and the shop had to cut and weld. It's this weld that is broken.
>>>> Ideally, I'd have a shop make a new midsection and I'd get a good used
>>>> replacement OE muffler (I don't want anything louder than stock). Backup
>>>> choices would be either new midpipe, weld flanges on that and muffler, keep
>>>> using muffler. Third would be aftermarket, but I absolutely do *not* want a
>>>> loud exhaust, and like the stock look. Anyone got a muffler lying around?
>>>>
>>>> Second: a year or two ago, rust finally started appearing on my car in
>>>> ways that weren't connected to water leaks. My car's done amazingly well
>>>> for a car that's been in the midwest for 21 years - rockers, wheel lips,
>>>> etc. all clean as a whistle. I have rust on the bottom of the trunk lid,
>>>> below the license plate, from a water leak through the lights that would
>>>> collect water at the flange. And a sunroof drain tube leak did some hidden
>>>> work on the drivers a pillar. Now I'm starting to see bubbling on the left
>>>> outer rocker, inside the door jamb on the body below the upper hinge, and
>>>> at the bottom of the jamb. I'd like to coat the outside stuff with POR15
>>>> (and I'll paint and spray the chassis before winter) but I'd also like to
>>>> get inside the rockers and jamb and spray the inside surfaces - suggestions
>>>> as to where to get in there?
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>> Chicago
>>>>
>>>
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