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

[James McColl]

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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