Freelander 1 Winter /salt chassis protection

Morning, now that I've got the starter working and replaced the clutch hydraulics I'm starting to think about winter. Maybe I'm a bit paranoid but we do get a lot of road salt fired down in darkest Lanarkshire and my 17 year old F1 rear chassis is showing quite a lot of surface rust...at least I hope it's just surface rust.

so.. I had a look at the Dinotrol website and ideally I'd
steam clean
treat with rust converter
fine mist of Dinotrol 3125 cavity wax on underbody
Dinitrol 4941 Black Underbody Coating Rust Preventive Fluid

I know I've got no hope of doing all of the above so what's everyone's thoughts on this ....

powerwash
rust convertor on the worst bits
fine mist of Dinotrol 3125 cavity wax on underbody. I like the sound of this stuff as it contains "rust inhibitors"

I know the 3125 stuff wont last unless covered over by 4941 but I'm just looking for a quick job that'll give my old car a bit of protection. Any thoughts on this... should I maybe just fire on 4941 everywhere and not bother with the 3125 stuff?

Do it once properly you will regret it later if you cut corners

You should have bought a defender as all the oil seeping out of every orifice protects it from rusting lol

right enough , the front part of the chassis is covered in a nice protective coating of oil. Looks like the oil filter has been leaking in the past.

I know I should do it properly but there's no way I've got time without sending the kids to a very very cheap boarding school

luxinterior67 said:

right enough , the front part of the chassis is covered in a nice protective coating of oil. Looks like the oil filter has been leaking in the past.

I know I should do it properly but there's no way I've got time without sending the kids to a very very cheap boarding school

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If you do it half-assed you’ll end up sealing in little damp bits of rust and mud, which can then happily corrode away unseen.

It’s a bit late in the year for this - nice dry summer’s day best. You’ll struggle to get it dry enough.

Wait till next year’s summer holidays and get the kids to help you?

5 litre tub of wd40 and a garden sprayer see you through to summer then you can do a proper job. Keep washing underneath through winter, stop the salt and crap building up, keep liberally spraying the wd40 all over and in any holes. Rough as arseholes but better than nothing

There are many ways to skin a cat here are just a few
http://funrover.com/tips-guides/the-big-waxoyling-guide/

Thanks everyone for views and the other ways of protection. I think I'm probably going to have to delay till next summer then, and rely on keeping the underside clean. What I will do though is give the rear subframe a good wirebrushing get some bonda primer on it, and then some chassis black. Cheers.