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

[James McColl]

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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