Boeshield T-9 - Anyone Use This?

[colinmi]

Hello, I'm new here and am fairly new to Subaru. I have a nice 2012 Legacy 2.5 Limited that I am planning on keeping for a long time. I am in Pennsylvania and rust is my biggest longterm concern. Has anyone ever used Boeshield or anything similar on the underside to keep things from getting rusty down there?

[apexi]

I've never used that, but I've heard good things about fluid film.

http://www.fluid-film.com/

 

Sort of related.. A couple months ago I hit the rusty spots under my car with rustoleum rust reformer, then top coated with rustoleum paint.

http://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5406831&postcount=11249

[colinmi]

That Rustoleum job looks good. I have done something similar to my older Toyota pickup using Eastwood products. Those trucks are great but they do have a reputation of literally rusting in half, so I was eager to get that done before it got bad. This Subaru still has over 40,000 miles on a fairly complete warranty, so, much against my normal inclination, somebody else will probably be doing the work on it for a while. Once it does become my turn to do the work, it would be nice not to have to deal with rust.

 

That Fluid-Film does look pretty good. Just based on what I read, the advantage to the Boeshield is that it does not swell rubber or soften paint.

[bugblatterbeast]

don't bother with T9 on a car.

 

I've used CRC SP-400 for years. The one year I couldn't source it easily I tried some T9 (bought retail at LeeValley). It doesn't work nearly as well. If I were storing some machine metal parts in a sheltered room, I would consider T9. For a car driven in snow and salt, use something stronger.

[colinmi]

Thanks for that tip. I've used other CRC products but never tried the SP-400. I'll probably give that a try, it sounds good.