Thread: Prep for Fraser ?

Another tip, I've just paid for my island permit online, it commences just before we head onto the island. Also we are catching the ferry from River Heads, near Hervey Bay, need to collect keys to the rental house from there. This ferry takes bookings, unlike Inskip Point.

Thought this might be useful.

Soooo, if 20psi (Cold?) is good at the moment for fraser, and i've driven 4 hours to get to the ferry, should i be aiming for 24psi hot?
we'll be there the weekend of the 27th

I'd just like to ask the question ....


Where are you actually spraying this stuff .... and will it get to places in your car that water and sand (salty) won't? I seriously doubt it.


Have you crawled under your D4 ... have you washed the chassis rails (inside and out) with a hose, stuck that nozzle into the chassis rail holes, under the wheel arches and bumpers, etc.,?.... and still find sand months afterwards.


If there were corrosion issues, you wouldn't see them and I suggest that you'd never be able to get some chemical or product into these places where there might be corrosion anyway, short of dipping the car.


If you have seriously done this .... I suggest you'd be questioning how effective a spay would be.


On the flip side .... just give the car a good clean ... hose the rails and everywhere you can. I had a D4 for 5 years and it had been in salt spray and salt water and there was nothing in the way of corrosion to report.


Cheers,


Kev.

Originally Posted by benji

Aren't you supposed to spray the lanotec on before you go away? That's what I always thought anyway, I've never used it but I've got a bottle for this trip.

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Only if you do it a long time before you go (at least a month).

I once made the mistake of spraying the landie with fish oil a week before going to Moreton.

By the time I came back the fish oil had set rock hard with sand stuck to it. Lanolin is probably not as bad, but still best to do it after you are back and have washed underneath and allowed it to dry.

Originally Posted by Celtoid

I'd just like to ask the question ...

Have you crawled under your D4 ... have you washed the chassis rails (inside and out) with a hose, stuck that nozzle into the chassis rail holes, under the wheel arches and bumpers, etc.,?.... and still find sand months afterwards.

Kev.

I am always amazed after a day at the beach how long I have to hold the hose inside the chassis until sand stops coming out. It's like I come back with the entire beach underneath my D4!

[LIST][*]We are heading up on the 3rd taking the camper trailer and crossing at Inskip! Look fed to swing other LR's out there!!! We went at xmas and loved and are so excited to be going back. I agree with giving the car a thorough bath when at home, I can't believe how much sand I got out even after the car wash at rainbow beach.ImageUploadedByTapatalk1426906694.613718.jpg

We are going to be on the island from the 31st till the 4th, so will keep an eye out. Have a great trip, caught up with my brother today who just spent 5 days on Fraser and had a ball, also towed a camper and only got a little stuck at Indian Head. I'm leaving Melb this friday, looking forward to a decent road trip, will be heading over to Fraser on the 31st/Users/andrewking/Desktop/IMG_2792.JPG

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