Rusty Steel

[roadtripper]

For a just over 2 year old vehicle I was rather surprised at the state of the steel spare after my pothole incident...

Seems a lot more rust than I would expect?

I hope not to see it again for a good while but should I do something to protect it before I sling it back under the van? I don't really care what it looks but don't want it to be unusable.

Waxoyl? Hammerite? Grease? Just hope?

 

[T6ChrisO]

Id just get some hammerite silver (or any colour you want) and give it a blast over. Could always give it a very light sand first and get some rust treatment on it

 

[drinfinity]

I did mine with Lanoguard when I was underneath. Other (cheaper? Less well marketed?) sealing agents are available.

 

[roadtripper]

Also now a tiny bit concerned about the van underside in general. I had, possibly naively, assumed that on the more "car like" models there might be a bit more underbody protection splashed about given the rather large uptick in list price...

 

[roadtripper]

I did mine with Lanoguard when I was underneath. Other (cheaper? Less well marketed?) sealing agents are available.

For reasons (miss order, ahem) I do have two litre tins of waxoyl but no sprayer.

That would protect, just wondering if I may regret should I need to get a waxy wheel out on a roadside in the future. But has the advantage of zero spend!