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Maintaining / protecting a roof rack

Yorky · 2012-01-04 22:27:56

Is it worth maintaining a roof rack? It's a Renault OEM fitted to a van and there are surface rust spots where ladders etc have been slid on/off. Will it take a long time for the metal to corrode to the point of needing to be replaced? Even if it was touched up with paint, I can't see a how it coulod be prevented from…

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04-01-2012 11:27pm

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Is it worth maintaining a roof rack? It's a Renault OEM fitted to a van and there are surface rust spots where ladders etc have been slid on/off.

Will it take a long time for the metal to corrode to the point of needing to be replaced?

Even if it was touched up with paint, I can't see a how it coulod be prevented from reoccurring.

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