Driving the GN in the winter

[turbojitsu85]

OK I know its sacreligous and everyone probably hates me now but I don't have enough money to buy a winter beater, store the GN, and move out of my moms house so whats the best way to keep this car from rusting?
I've waxed it but I'm still worried about the undercarriage of the car? What can I do to prevent rust? Please send all death threats and mail bombs to my old address.

 

[Tony87gn]

I would definetly give the undercarriage a good wash with a hose everytime you bring it home to get all that salt off.

 

[strikeeagle]

Make Mom move...

 

[dhauser]

I have a brand new pair of Firestone snow tires mounted and balanced on GN rims if you're interested. Shoot me an email. Let me just tell you, they MAKE the difference in drivability when the weather sucks. HUGE! They saved my arse multiple times!

 

[TDS-84]

Ah, I was in the same situation the first winter after I bought my T-Type. Frequent power washing of the body and undercarriage will definitely help. Be cautious about getting the water spray around the door locks and side glass weatherstrip. I was constantly having problems with the locks freezing up, and/or the frameless door glass freezing to the weatherstrip.

As mentioned, a GOOD set of winter tires will make a big difference. In all honesty, the car got around a lot better than I expected it would in the winter. I had a set of Dunlop GT Qualifiers I think they were 235/60. Not really a winter tire, but they were at least new and had a good tread.

Thankfully I only had to do it the one winter, though. I had a few different people at gas stations tell me the car looked too nice to be driving in the winter. Oh well, it still looks good to this day. Wish it were running near as good as it looks.

BTW, mine really liked the cold air, heh heh!! Plus it looked mean as heck with the exhaust vapor rising from both sides in the rear!

 

[d0n_3d]

look at the pictures of my car...see how nice of a car i have? believe it or not i used to drive my car 3 years in high school all year round including snow and salt...back then it was BONE stock so i didn't have too much horsepower i ran STEEL-STUDDED snow tires in the rear...still have them in fact...they were actually skinnier than stock size tires...P195's or something...every chance i got i hosed down the car with a pressure washer...wiped off heavily salted areas...etc...my stock exhaust eventually rusted off completely but the only heavy rust areas i have under my car now are some of the fuel lines...rear end and axle housings...and the frame in certain areas...everything else is ok and nothing to worry about...the body has no rust spots whatsoever

i drove my car in a complete disasterous snow storm NUMEROUS times and never had problems...traction was really never an issue for me...the car just looked funny with such skinny tires in the back with no hub caps hey whatever works...

 

[dow j]

Take a spray bottle and some hydro oil or tranny fluid and spray the under side of the car,the inside of the doors tend to rust even if the car isn't winter driven.You could drill a small hole at the end of the door and get some oil inside the door to keep it from rusting,just put a small rubber plug where you drill the hole.

 

[Little6pack]

Lots of rolls of quarters for those car wash spray booths.

They have good pressure to hit the whole underside & upper fenders, doors on the car. I would do it as soo as possible when you get dry conditions.

If you can get some old motor/tranny oil sprayed on the metal areas prior to the snow or salt that may help.