Friendly service and they even fit me in ahead of time. Thoroughly coated my vehicle with rust check. Highly recommended. Protect your investment!
Ajax is 25 minutes west of us on the 401. No Rust Check, rust proofing, or undercoating dealer in Ajax itself, so Bowmanville is the closest licensed option going east. Most Ajax customers drop off in the morning and pick up the same day.
Ajax sits at the western edge of Durham Region on the shore of Lake Ontario, and its vehicles face a particularly aggressive rust environment. The combination of lake-effect moisture, salt air from the shoreline, and heavy road salt on the 401 and Highway 2 creates near-ideal conditions for corrosion. Vehicles parked near the Ajax waterfront or driven along Bayly St daily see accelerated rust formation in door cavities and frame joints. Our Rust Check oil formula reaches exactly these hidden areas, pushing out moisture and coating every seam before rust can take hold.
From Ajax, take the 401 East to the Liberty St exit in Bowmanville. Turn right onto Baseline Rd E. About 25 minutes without heavy traffic.
Ajax vehicles face two corrosion threats at the same time, and that combination is what makes annual Rust Check in this area especially worth it. Threat one is the standard winter brine load. The 401 through Ajax gets constant salt treatment from late November through March, and Bayly St, Westney Rd, Harwood Ave, and Kingston Rd all get repeated municipal salt. Threat two is constant lake exposure. Pickering Beach, south Ajax, and the lakeshore neighborhoods sit close enough to Lake Ontario that vehicles parked outdoors accumulate salt-air exposure year-round, not just in winter. That combination chews through factory rust protection faster than what landlocked Durham communities deal with. Door cavities, rocker panels, and frame seams take the worst of it because that is where lake humidity and brine settle and concentrate.
Ajax has no licensed Rust Check dealer. The closest options going east are us in Bowmanville (25 minutes on the 401) or going west into Toronto. We are the closer choice for every Ajax address. Most Ajax customers book a fall Rust Check together with whatever else the vehicle needs (wash and wax, interior detail, exterior decontamination) so the trip is worth one drive instead of two. Same-day completion is normal for the Rust Check application alone.
Every Rust Check here is two services in one, and both products are oils. The first is a creeping rust inhibitor, a thin penetrating formula sprayed into door cavities, rocker panels, pinch welds and frame seams through factory drains and small access holes. It creeps the way water and salt do, displacing moisture and leaving an oil film in the places rust actually starts. The second is Coat & Protect, a thick oil-based undercoat across the exposed underbody, which stays flexible instead of cracking. That second step is included free with every full Rust Check, which is not the industry norm.
Road salt does not need standing water to work. Brine spray gets thrown up into the wheel arches and along the underbody, wicks into seams and pinch welds by capillary action, and then sits there in the exact places that never dry out and never get washed. A vehicle can look perfectly clean from the outside through its first several winters while the inside of the rockers is already going. That is the reason this treatment is aimed at cavities rather than the visible undercarriage, and the reason the timing question is about getting it on before the salt rather than cleaning up after it.
Rubberized undercoatings look clean when first applied, but they crack in Canadian temperature extremes and trap moisture against the metal underneath. For Ajax lakeshore vehicles dealing with constant salt-air humidity, that trapped-moisture failure mode is especially bad. Our oil-based Coat & Protect undercoat never fully dries, stays in continuous contact with the metal, and self-heals minor damage. It will not crack, peel, or chip. The continuous oil film actively displaces moisture from the metal surface, which matters more on Ajax vehicles than on landlocked Clarington vehicles because the moisture exposure is constant rather than seasonal.
Friendly service and they even fit me in ahead of time. Thoroughly coated my vehicle with rust check. Highly recommended. Protect your investment!
Been taking my Tacoma here for 3 years now, would recommend. Very liberal and thorough with oil not missing anything. Flexible guy and easy to book with. Got 2 vehicles done back to back this year and will be back next year.
I had my first rust check done recently with my newly acquired Lexus. The service was fantastic and everyone there is so friendly and knowledgeable. I will continue to use Rust Check yearly so my beautiful car will last! I also recommend their detailing service, they do a flawless job every time.
We recently had our Buick interior detailed and a rust check undercoating completed and we are more than pleased with the service. For a small fee, they even picked up the SUV and brought it back. Staff are very pleasant to deal with. Excellent service!