woow14623

Hi guys,

Does anyone knows a good place near or in Rochester, NY to under body snow/rust protection layer done? Also what is a good place to do tinting?

Thanks in advance

caball88

underbody rust protection to me sounds like snake oil. there is no need to protect anything underneath from rust. acura has rust protection of the car for 5 years already. i have driven my car through 2 winters with a good amount of snow on the road(plus i go snowboarding almost every weekend) and there has not been any problem with rust under the car.

vp911

woow14623

I do not get that imoticon? what does it mean.... weird?

BlackenedTL

Whatever you do, I'd stay away from The Tint Shop in Henrietta. I had my TL done there and they broke the trim on my front passenger door panel and left lint in at least two windows. I'm looking for a place in Rochester to redo mine. Let me know if you find a good shop! I also think underbody coating is a waste of money...I had my 2000 TL for 6 winters and never had any problems with rust.

1GreyTeg

pardon me if I'm wrong but isn't the TL galvanized?

Why would you want to pay more for something that's already done?

woow14623

One of my freinds went all the way here to do the tinting....I don't know whether its worth it....

James Window Tinting
130 Dolson Ave
Middletown, NY 10940
845-355-8468

5.5 hours drive from Rochester...Hmmmm

avs007

Exactly. I don't know about Acura, but I know on some of my other cars, the manual actually explicitly says that any type of underbody "protection" that is sprayed on, will void the corrosion warranty. It says that such sprays plug up the drain holes.

Brettg

I would not get undercoating to prevent rust, but I would get it to kill a bit of road noise. I do my own though, as I would not want it on some parts and drain tubes.
Its mostly in the wheel wells, under the plastic liners, and on both sides of the plastic liners, that can cut road noise quite a bit.

Brett

vp911

What do you use for this? I would love to kill a little more road noise in the RL.

Brettg

There is new stuff out called quietcoat. Its like a paint, but much more effective than dynamat. I just use the westlies? rubberized undercoating. The more you use, in the more places, the quieter the car gets. The TL seems to have more road/tire noise than anything else, wind noise is very low, motor noise is very
low. other tires might help quite a bit, but lining the wheel wells will help
quite a bit. On the Passat, I removed the front wheel well liners and sprayed them (both sides) and the metal body under them, and it reduced road noise quite a bit. I never got around to the rear wheels.
I did more on the Jaguar, doing most of the bottom of the car, adding dynamat all over, adding thick pads under the rugs, adding stuff under the rear seat and in the trunk, etc. That was a very quiet car.

Brett