CoupeM

Is it advisable to tuff kote the car undercarriage?

coupe07

dun waste ur money... its better put to use doing other mods...

jaii13

What's tuff kote? and how do you pronounce that?

coupe07

tough coat.

jaii13

Ah. Coupe07, you never fail to enlighten me

So what does it do?

Rumboo

waterproofing treatment for your vehicle that makes everything feel greasy

Naughty Boy

Treatment to prevent rust (I think).

Provided of course u even keep u RX long enough for it to rust!!!

CoupeM

erm...so it is near impossible for the rx8 to rust?

KJ238

Tuff kote is something i have not heard in years and years..

What decade u from?

CoupeM

hmm...should be a decade later than u.....since i see its advertisement everyday in car mags. Do u noe wat car mags are???

morganoh

There's already a layer of rubberish coating under our rx8 ,
So I believe that there is not need for any more tuff kote

KJ238

Sorry coupe.. dun mean to offend u.. just a bit of a joke

Anyways, reason i said this is because most modern cars don't require tough coat treatment anymore as it come from factories pre-treated (pls correct me if i am wrong)...

CoupeM

hey no worries....i am not offended. I know the people here are a frenly bunch. I was just jkin replying in a similar fashion, tat's all. Cheers

morganoh

If u happen to hit any Humps it will remove the Coating on the 2 main undercarriage metal beams .

I had been doing some careful inspection under the car and saw that some part of the coating where being remove aspecial the real part.

Yellow Cab

Yes, I believed I'm few decide older. From my memory, I think KJ238 is correct, those old generation car did not come with any under carriage coating, so in order to protect your car, ppl normal send the car for Tuff Kote (This is the most famous brand). Tuff Kote also provide some kind of warranty for rush, but you need to go back every year to perform the inspection and re-coat.
Now a day, car manufacturer normally perform the under carriage coating, so it is not necessary to go for Tuff Kote.

Emperor

I think most cars got anti-rust proofing but not all cars. Usually the higher ends one has it. So i believe the 8 is relatively higher end. So should not have problems.

IMO most cars should not rust at least for 3 to 5 years; thats the period of most warranties. So the car manufacturers would have calculated that at least90% of car will not have problems a warranty covers in that period.

Rumboo

I think even normal family cars will have galvanised bodies, according to SE in MM, so no need tuff kote anymore. Anyway, any impact that would scrape off the rubberised coating would also scrape off the tuff kote layer, so no diff.

CoupeM

ok...thanks for all the info.