Friendly service and they even fit me in ahead of time. Thoroughly coated my vehicle with rust check. Highly recommended. Protect your investment!
Rust proofing Oshawa vehicles is most of what we do from September through November. Oshawa has other options, and we still get a steady flow of Oshawa customers because they have been coming here for years or were referred by someone who has. We are 20 minutes east on the 401, and the two-step process is the same one licensed Rust Check dealers use across the country. If the drive does not fit your week, we run valet pickup and drop off across Oshawa: we come get the vehicle, do the work at the shop, and bring it back.
Oshawa's heavy traffic corridors (the 401, Simcoe St, King St, and Taunton Rd) all receive aggressive winter salt treatment. Vehicles driven daily in Oshawa face some of the highest salt exposure in Durham Region. Our two-step Rust Check process is specifically engineered for these conditions, combining a penetrating drip formula that reaches hidden door panels, rocker panels, and frame cavities with a dripless Coat & Protect undercoat that shields the undercarriage. Many Oshawa customers book their annual Rust Check in September or October before the first salt truck rolls.
From Oshawa, take Highway 2 East or the 401 East to the Liberty St exit in Bowmanville. Turn right onto Baseline Rd E. About 20 minutes.
Oshawa is the heaviest-driven city in eastern Durham. The 401 through the south of the city sees constant brine treatment from late November through March. Simcoe St, King St, Taunton Rd, Ritson Rd, and Adelaide all get repeated municipal salt. Daily commuters to Toronto rack up hundreds of kilometres a week through the worst of the highway salt season, and that exposure compounds inside door panels, rocker panels, frame rails, and floor pans over a single winter. Modern factory rust protection is better than it used to be, but it does not reach the hidden cavities where corrosion actually starts. Our two-step Rust Check is built specifically for what Oshawa-level driving does to vehicles.
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.
On a new vehicle the case is simple. The metal is clean, the cavities are dry, and the first application coats bare interior surfaces before anything has started, which is the strongest position this treatment is ever in. Starting in year one and staying on the annual cycle is the version that works best. On a ten-year-old vehicle it is a different conversation. There is usually some surface corrosion already inside the rockers and along the seams, the first application is doing containment rather than prevention, and the honest expectation is slowing what is there rather than reversing it. Both are worth doing. They are just not the same product doing the same job, and we would rather set that expectation in the bay.
Oshawa has Rust Check dealers, and we still get a steady flow of Oshawa customers. Most came over after a referral, or after trying us once for a detail and noticing the difference. We are a licensed Rust Check dealer that also runs a full detail shop, ceramic coating shop, and paint correction shop under one roof, which is rare in Durham Region. We do not pressure-sell services your vehicle does not need. We do not switch you onto rubberized undercoating to upsell the ticket. The same week every fall, we see customers from Lakeview, Eastdale, Pinecrest, Donevan, Vanier, McLaughlin, and the central Oshawa neighborhoods. Many of them have been booking with us since we opened in 2009.
Rubberized undercoatings are common at dealerships and quick-service shops because they look clean and uniform when first applied. The problem is they crack in Canadian temperature extremes and trap moisture against the metal underneath, which can accelerate corrosion instead of preventing it. For Oshawa vehicles facing 401-grade brine and city salt every winter, that trapped-moisture failure 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. We do not offer rubberized undercoating because we have spent fifteen years watching what it does to vehicles in Ontario.
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!