So with that product how should I go about prepping to treat the rust on my strut towers? Just scrape
What about the rust on the inside of the frame rail I can’t really clean that metal since I can’t get to it so should I just blow compressed air in there to get all the flakes out and then stick the hose in there and spray it?
The strut tower is boxed inside the the rail, so going threw the inside of the rail itself won't work unless that section of the tower is all ready rotted away... It happens. What I've done on cars that show seam rust but not rot when respraying the engine bay is drop the k member and flood it with either prep all, vinegar, or evaporust until its clean metal. might spot blast the seams to help the acid work faster, it generally doesn't harm the factory coatings just the rust..So by no means would this be easy but I think you can gain access to the inner part of the frame rails by removing the front bumper and bumper support to gain access to the the front bumper support brackets. Again I believe these brackets can be removed and you would have a 1-1/2” or so opening through the core support and into the inner part of the frame rails.
Hoping someone who has torn one down to this level can chime in and confirm.
Not sure how much access you would get but other than cutting a section out and then welding it back in this is about it other than the 1/2” or so size holes here and there.
Is there a coating on the SN crush tube plate? Looks like there might be.Here’s an SN95 rail for comparison to the fox above. I used an SN donor rail when I replaced my drivers side.
When you remove the top plate(left), there’s a welded subassembly (center) for the crush tubes. There is only two. That all drops down into the SN rail area (right). The center hole remains wide open to the interior cavisty, so moisture doesn’t affect the SN as much. They still rot out, but doesn’t seem as widespread as on the fox.
The fox has that same center hole but puts an additional crush tube over it and additional metal as shown above. The SN rail is just so much more simplified.
If I have any more pics I’ll post. I took a bunch when I repaired my rails a couple years ago.
Is there a coating on the SN crush tube plate? Looks like there might be.