Having heard a lot about Lanoguard underbody spray, I decided to give it a try! I made a video covering the process I used from start to finish. I hope you find it useful :-)
Did this on my 2013 Fiesta ST prior to last winter and it has stood up brilliantly. When I reapplied last month the water was still just running off underneath & it's definitely stopped the rust on the subframes & arms dead.
Quick question. I’m going to use bilt hamber auto foam underneath my car every few weeks in winter to keep salt off the underneath. The car is getting undersealed also but was worried the underseal will get removed or weaker if I wash with some form of snow foam?
It’s nice to see people taking care of their cars. Specially when it’s very difficult to find a car wash with ramps like we have back in Brazil. Well done!👍🏼
Pois é, depois de 15 anos morando aqui foi um alívio encontrar o Lanoguard e essas rampas para poder fazer o tratamento que estamos tão acostumados a fazer no Brasil. E concordo que é legal ver o povo aqui aprendendo a cuidar da carroceria.
Nice RS! I'm in the USA and Ford no longer offers the Focus or RS anymore here. Here in the states we have some new products; Fluid Film Black and Woolwax Black (Both Lanolin based products)... it really makes the underbody look great while protecting it.
Thanks for putting up this Video..Underside of mine is waiting to do but I did not want to go to the extremes of some and your video has shown a good enough way of protecting without been over the top..
Just used on my four year old crossover which was beginning to show a little age. Bought the basic Regular kit but then realised that the injector wand was needed for sills/box sections. The injector wand fits onto the regular sprayer. Red hot day so power washed and Lanoguarded three hours later when dry. Lanoguarding took under an hour. I put the car on ramps, back then front. I used half the container. - 1ltr. Wear old clothing as the lanoguard drips if very warm and sticks. Really pleased. Then wondered if the motogrease would be good for my old black composite front door. Tried it sparingly with a brush (hardly used any) and wiped with a cloth. The door looks like new. I think I will find other applications.
Hi Gary, thanks for this great video, showing the complete process from start to finish, especially showing how to apply the grease and glad you found the actually application easy! Glad your RS is now protected! Thanks again
Hey! No worries, once the clean was done the application was very easy and now it has dried it looks even better. It’s given a nice matte finish 👌🏻 I’ll be topping up same time next year 😁
Underseal your cars yourself when you get them new if you don’t who’s faults that. Lamp guard is a waste of time. Also your sealing in rust that’s already there. You have to treat it first with a rust converter such as kurust. I put kurust in a spray bottle go over the underneath first let that dry. paint with hammerite spray paint and then you guard it
@@JohnSmith-ws1dp going over the rust with Lanoguard won’t remove it - but it means it won’t get any worse. So prefect for surface corrosion that isn’t structural etc.
Hello mate Happy New Year!Great to see you back and with another informative vid. Definitely made me realise I need to do my ST180! Look forward to the next one and take care mate. 👍🏻
Hi Gary good to see you back. Great work getting the under neath coated, maybe you could have treated the existing rust with ‘Kurust’ or similar but that’s obviously more work and it’s not the best time of year to be laying under car. Well done mate. 👍🏻
Great to see a new video on the RS mate, what a difference!! Definitely worth the effort 👍 I washed my underside couple weeks ago think ill be looking at getting some lanoguard now 👍
Just did 21,000 driving around remote Australia, both desert and beach driving. Industrial Lanolin is always in my kit and I lather up my V8 200 Series in the stuff
Used it on my gr Yaris about a week after I bought it new. Car is gonna be a keeper so thought being a Japanese car better to prevent than to repair in future
Great video Gary, shows how tho use this product and the results you can achieve. I think it looks well. Definitely something I’m considering on my mk3 🚙
Helpful video...Realistically there are no short cuts to get a long term solution to get rid of the visible rust/dirt, you need to remove the front and rear sub frames to get access to all parts....then sandblast/wire brush prime and paint .....then use this product to maintain the finish long term...
Good to see you back, Gary. Love the video. I’m assuming this problem exists with the mk3 RS as well? I’ve had mine for over 3 years now, and rust is something that worries me too. I’ve driven it 3,000 miles in that time for that reason. I live in Scotland so rain is a common occurrence! But as you say, life is too short, and I want to be able to enjoy mine more. Reckon what you’ve done here might be the best thing for me as well then? Cheers and all the best for 2023, mate. Love the channel and keep the excellent videos coming.
Been looking at this product as it comes up on my RU-vid channel, just had to have a new engine put in my 63 plate Audi tt fitted by Audi dealership after a botch timing chain failed job done by a garage, the car has been checked top to bottom by Audi and the car runs like new , so now because of its age will be doing this to my tt , thanks for showing this it's give me some insight of how to do it, although not looking forward to it ,cheers 👍
Another brilliant video I did a complete clean and repaint of my txs a few weeks ago thinking this year I’m going to replace front and rear subframes as they are starting to get crusty and to be honest it’s not all that expensive
You're Quite Right Life Is Short enjoy your RS. You either buy to use or as an investment. If it's an investment store it safely away, I should imagine they will go up in value. I still love the original Focus RS. 👍
For Axles i prefer using cable grease. You can spray it in summer or brush it on. It´s easier to work with and delivers better results. A great and fast way to seal off rust is Owatrol. Spray or brush that on, let it seep in for 24 hours and then go back with some white grease in a spray can. That will last you 2-3 years easily.
maybey im calling a different product here but open gear and wire rope lubricant like mobil1 ogl 007 with graphite mix etc , i have found covers and coats well but a couple years down the line its dry/flaking and it has trapped moisture behind it leaving red rotten metal in a terrible state . just experience over the years and now looking at penetrating products for my next car
Gonna get that kit. Just spent the last 3wkends rubbing back the subframe and trailing arms etc, all primered now ready for topcoat. De-rust and paint underside next before re-fitting, will be using Lanoguard from now on coz I aint doing this again 😮
Hey Gary, good job! On a separate note, worth keeping an eye on the Y section between the 2 boxes of the Milltek as they are prone to splitting. I had to have mine welded up last year as it had split
I have a 2012 Subaru STi and have zero rust on the underside. Blows me away this car looks like this. Everytime it snows, I spray the underside with water to get the salt off. I'm gonna look into doing this.
TOP JOB bud ! 👏 I do this every year but have been using ACF50 and Bilt Hamber Dynamax UC. Both great products so interested on how Lanoguard fairs for you ! Messy job but worth it.....and the fuzzy feeling you get knowing its all protected 😉😁 Well done 👍👍
I’m givin a thumbs up 👍 I’m not a fan of focus RS’s as I’ve got a Cosworth and mk2 escort rs but I like the sound of the lano guard and this geezas not annoying or trying to be funny which is rare these days on RU-vid’s 😂
I did the same to my Mk3 RS a few years ago with Bilt Hamber. Bit of a faff to do, but worth it I think to stop some of the rust. The paint protection from (Ford's) factory is shockingly poor
actually Ford has an option to treat your car from factory but not many people buys it i believe, you can check your VIN# to see if you get it, my mk3.5 2017 is without factory treatment and looks worst then yours under, I will have to treat it against rust myself very soon
If it can rust apply normal thick engine oil, messy job but hey it's the best. Get waxol apllied in every nuck and hole using a high pressure applicator, this kinda atomises the oil droplets so it settles everywhere, sealey sell a good gun and kit for this. Don't forget to where a mask and eye protection. Lets keep these Fords rollin :)
I would have been tempted to use a rust converter before the lanogaurd. I used Jenolite aerosol converter on my mk3 RS suspension parts then painted them with black chassis paint.
Yea a few people have said this too - but the instructions don’t mention that it’s necessary as this allegedly stops the rust in its tracks (albeit it doesn’t remove it). It wouldn’t have been a bad idea though but without a 4 post lift I just kept it as simple as I could.
@Car Focused I feel your pain, I did mine lying on my back in the street. Worst part was the fine mist of cavity wax ect that completely covered me by yhr end of the job. Ended up washing my hair with white spirit to get the wax out.
I want to get mine washed underneath as soon as we have some more daylight and warmer weather. But want to scrub the rust and then spray it with some hammmerite
If you have access to another car I'd have been tempted to go down the route of taking it all off and getting all the parts individually powder coated and doing it over a period of time. You'd gain all the knowledge plus you'd have tonnes of RU-vid content
I always thought lanogaurd put like a black coating over the rust? Will the rust still flag on an mot? as I've seen some advisories on a few cars saying underseal added
The Hammerite stuff does that, Lanoguard is just a wax coating to repel contaminants after application. It does darken the subframes and make them look better though. It won’t get rid of rust, but it will prevent it from occurring / getting worse.
Gary lovely jamjar! Looks mint even before you use the product. You could rest your bacon sarnie on the back subframe its so clean!! Looks like a good product, will be interested to see any follow up in time, as i see you ve only recently done this. Approx from start to finish, how many hours would you say this took you in all? I ve checked the prices of the product, reasonable i think.,. Great ramps too, i ve got a set of the metal type,, and i always think thy are going to flip!! Top job, and excellant job of explaining and filmimg....
Hi mate and thanks for the comment. I’ll do another video at the end of the year to see how it’s looking underneath. Was a job I’d been wanting to do for ages so was nice to finally get it done!
@@CarFocused Credit where due my friend.What i came across whilst on this topic last night, and products was waxoil, and in all honestly, from what i found, and the comments and replys i read, seems a much better option, lasts for years, little prep, very cheap in comparison, and comes in handy spray cans, so i wouldnt need any sprayguns, tools i dont have, n having watched it done, feel i could do the task easy, s waiting for a sunny day, and the wheels will be off one by one, so as to get to all suspension parts, wheel arms etc... I will be def interested in seeing how Lanoguard performed anyway, plus any more progress n uploads you do, i d love to have the choice of taking out my RS or ST!!! Probably be banned or skint with speed cams very quickly. Its all i can do to stick to the limits in my 1.6 tcdi 🚀
Nice clean-ish underside but you really need to treat the surface rust before spraying it. Hammerite do a treatment that might be better that can be put over rust ? 30 years ago I used a wire brush and treated my cars rust before applying underseal even my Alfa didn't rust once regularly treated. I used wax seal in the sills and doors. Regular washing and cleaning a car helps prevent corrosion but stones do a lot of damage underneath your car. Always make sure your car ramps are rated to take the weight of your vehicle as some cheap ones are rubbish.
Tbh mate the car will have a full underbody restoration over the coming years - this is just a stop gap to slow things down a little and get it looking a bit better too. As for the ramps, they are some of the best you can buy, excellent bits of kit from RaceRamps.
It’s a Ford there built with rust no point in trying to prevent it,I could here it rusting in the video lol,did this to my gti but used ACF50 and just wow
Sweet little Ford you’ve got. Too bad we can’t buy them stateside anymore. Seems like we only have F150’s, SUVs and Crossovers, electrics and YES the Mustang but the pocket rockets are gone.
I was Laughing watching you clean the underside of your car a easier way is to Leave the car on floor with your jet wash use path/ drive attachment the one like upside down pan attach some casters on wood at correct height so will just pass underneath car use couple of screws through plastic washer head take it off or Leave it on shouldn't get in your way when path cleaning should take 15mins full car try it 😀
That’s a good was to do it but it won’t get all the stubborn grease and grime off which has accumulated over the last 13 years - that needed some hands on action!
Ford's rust from the day they are made that's what they do, and always did, the only good one was the granada 2.8 ghia v6 cologne engine auto box. 1984.
All that has done is encapsulate the rust into the frame even more so. Why did you miss the most crucial step of wire wheeling and sanding off the rust? You'd have been better off with Bilt Hamber products, far superior.
I just followed the instructions mate - I actually went a bit further by properly cleaning before application. To quote Lanoguard; Lanoguard prevents and completely stops rust developing further. It will creep, bind, and bond underneath surface rust. It creates a barrier by hermetically sealing to the surface stopping water and oxygen getting in, therefore not allowing rust to develop. There are a lot of people out there who use this stuff and swear by it, so thought I’d give it a go.
@@CarFocused not knocking your method or application as you said you just followed the instructions. I just never understood how you just slap products over the top of rusted areas as I was looking into using Lanoguard myself on my own car but I just felt as if you were just covering the problem up rather than rectifying it. I had washed mine underneath, degreased and then wire wheeled and sanded back everything to bare metal. Then it was hydrate80 rust convertor, zinc primer then the bilt hamber cavity wax and underseal.
@@Thatcntwiththecivicyea the point of this is to slow the process down / stop more rust appearing. Luckily my car wasn’t all that bad anyway so it should provide a nice barrier for the next year or so. Long term I’m going to have a full resto done so hopefully this will suffice until then 😊
@@CarFocused Been looking at this for a while, read the lanogaurd instructions I'm sure it has something to do with sheep. If you've ever had to manhandle sheep you will know there fleeces are really greasy, your video has swung it for me thanks buddy. 🤙🏴