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Mud_x:
Chemical or Electronic, or both. What band of chemical application if driving on sand would have to dry hard. If electronic Couplertec or ERIP?

ironcobra:
I'm very interested in this thread. I'm going to be doing some rust preventative this winter...

Sputnik:
This may be of interest. Note the difference between the "Civilian" version and the "Mine Spec" version.

http://www.couplertec.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=200014&vmcchk=1&Itemid=200014

However there are some vehicles that carry on regardless, with no special attention at all:

http://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/isuzu-trooper-travels-20-times-around-the-globe.htm

BinaryMan:
Hi Mud,

I have had only experienced with electronic rust protection (ERP).   'back in '99 a group of us at work bulk buy an electronic protection "thingy", it came with 6 x coupler pads.  I had to "scrub off" the paint down to metal where the coupler pad is attached (a forrester: bonnet, engine bay, 4x doors).  I didn't think much of it at the time whether it really works.

We got rid of the forrester last year after 15 years of service.  It had dings, chips and scratches but no rust whatsoever!  Now this is not an endorsement of ERP's but just sharing my experience in having one in the car.

With the D-Max, I had the CouplerTec installed (I couldn't track down the original ERP we bought in '99) and it came with 4x coupler pads.  There was no need to "scrub off" the paint down to metal where the pads were attached.  And apparently, only needed 4 x pads (the model lower only had 2!) and it will protect the whole car.  I did ask what about the tub (I haven't got around checking whether the tub has a solid earth to the body), the guy said the 4 couplers would take care of the whole lot?

My brother-in-law had "factory" ERP installed in his triton and I noticed a ding on the side of his tub and it is rusting!  GrantM had a ding on his door and the paint flaked off!  So looks like it's a totally different production techniques (minimum passable?) they have now.  'might be that the older cars have paint "epoxied" to the shell and it contributes to the "rust proofing" in the past.

Now there's a lot of discussion whether ERP's does work or not and I'm not going to endorse it either just because I have one.  I reckon the product can only prove itself after years on the road.

Anyway, fingers crossed, hopefully the one I have on the D-Max really does work  ;)

Cheers!

rhynoceros:
some good discussion on rust proofing here http://www.ozisuzu.com.au/index.php/topic,207.0.html

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