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Thread: What does a VX look like after 270,000 miles?

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    What product(s) do you use to keep your plastic cladding shiny and clean? How often do you use it? I use 2 kinds. One lasts up to 2 weeks and the other up to 2 months. One is spray-on and the other is like wiping it down with a honey-like gel. I hate doing either one. It's a chore.

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    I'd be very interested to see a pic of your undercarriage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by angeno View Post
    Guess if you don't mind checking your oil every single day then the issue is a non-issue. For lazy people like me though...? Kind of a pain. But I love my 130K mile VX so I guess I'm going to have to monitor the oil eater one way or the other.
    Zero oil use between 3K oil changes for me. Only 85k clicked off. Estimate 6k miles per year, I'll also hit 300k in the spring of 2048. Check back if you want to see my post!
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    After almost 13 years of road salt, that looks damn good!!
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    Seriously, it would be pretty darn easy to restore that to near-showroom new lookin'!

    And we always hear about these things being prone to rust-out...

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    wow, that looks pretty darn good. in my case, i have a driver side rocker that is in real bad shape. gonna order a new one from merlin soon and have a shop spray it with something before installing it so i don't have the same problem in 5 years or so.

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    Not to instill any worry Brandon, but I'd be a little concerned about what's lurking under the cladding with one rocker already rusted out...not that there's much you can do about it now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Larson View Post
    Not to instill any worry Brandon, but I'd be a little concerned about what's lurking under the cladding with one rocker already rusted out...not that there's much you can do about it now.
    My tech said everything else looks very good. He said frame is in nice shape.

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    That's good to hear!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Larson View Post
    That's good to hear!!
    He said because of the plastic, water gets stuck and rots the rockers on cars like isuzu and subarus.

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