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Old 1/22/14, 12:13 AM
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I believe the Boss and the Shelby have painted housings. It's rust city for the rest of us. Even though I know the flash rusting isn't a problem, I went under there, disassembled the suspension, and applied a couple coats of POR15.
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When I run over some jerk, I don't want to hear them sniveling to everybody about my ugly rear end!
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Old 1/22/14, 03:22 PM
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Oh man, if you own an F-150 you know surface rust.... The Wifey's Mustang looks great in comparison.
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Originally Posted by Ltngdrvr
The parts will last beyond the expected life expectancy of the car without paint so Ford saves a few buck on the cost of building the car.

And the rear axles are usually rusty or at least partially so, when they are installed at the factory, reason being, is that the housings are stored outside before production.

Don't like it? Want a permanent fix? Just get some POR15 paint and crawl under there and get to work coating all those rusty parts.

Ditto on the POR15. Paint it once and be done.
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Quick question, where did you place the jack? It almost looks like the tail end of the drive shaft??
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Old 1/26/14, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 5.M0NSTER
Quick question, where did you place the jack? It almost looks like the tail end of the drive shaft??
I didn't lift it from there. Just moved it out of the way to paint.
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Old 1/27/14, 01:22 AM
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Unless you have the car in a show, with mirrors underneath, who cares?
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Old 1/27/14, 03:48 AM
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Its normal. I painted my rearend and axle tubes with a $2 can of spray paint. Three years later and still looks good
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Old 1/27/14, 05:07 AM
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Its normal. I painted my rearend and axle tubes with a $2 can of spray paint. Three years later and still looks good
That's one of my spring projects. Looks so much better!
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Old 1/27/14, 05:21 AM
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Unless your car is going to into a SEMA show or a Concours D'Elegance, I would not worry about it.
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Old 1/27/14, 07:41 AM
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I painted mine the first weekend I had it.
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Old 1/27/14, 08:38 AM
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I hate to break it to everyone but metal rust! I know it is a shocker!
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Old 1/31/14, 07:59 PM
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It's not even rust man, that is stubble, totally normal on these beasts...
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Old 2/6/14, 08:10 PM
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Im with you I can't understand why a car at any cost would have a rear end look like that from the factory, seriously if Ford can't afford a 5 dollar can of spray paint, id gladly pay 10 as an option. Its pathetic and there is no reasonable excuse for it.
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Old 2/9/14, 08:31 PM
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I have a SHUTZE gun used for undercoating cars buy, the can of shutze then attach to air compressor and wallah !
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Old 2/9/14, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by wanted33
Oh man, if you own an F-150 you know surface rust.... The Wifey's Mustang looks great in comparison.
I have an 02 Lightning and has no rust but, it has never seen rain or snow.
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Old 2/10/14, 06:26 AM
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One more to the "it's normal" consensus.

This alarmed me on my 2009... but this forum straightened me out. My 2011 has the exact same thing going on and I'm not losing any sleep over it.
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Old 2/10/14, 10:57 AM
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The rust is a protective layer. No really it is..

Do a search on this topic on the forum and you will see this topic comes up every few months.
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Don't be jealous of the Boss/Track Pack cars that have the painted axle either. After just over a year of daily driving the paint has started flaking off and the aluminum diff cover has oxidized like crazy.
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Old 2/11/14, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by mfc133
Don't be jealous of the Boss/Track Pack cars that have the painted axle either. After just over a year of daily driving the paint has started flaking off and the aluminum diff cover has oxidized like crazy.
That's terrible! What kind of wax/polish were you using?

Ha!
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nothing out of the ordinary to be worried about
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