Friendly service and they even fit me in ahead of time. Thoroughly coated my vehicle with rust check. Highly recommended. Protect your investment!
Pickering is the furthest west we regularly see customers from for Rust Check, rust proofing, and undercoating, and the 30-minute 401 drive is the whole trip. Many Pickering customers book in September before the salt season starts. October tends to fill up fast.
Pickering is the gateway to Durham Region, and its vehicles deal with the full range of road conditions Ontario can deliver. The 401 through Pickering is one of the heaviest-salted highway stretches in Durham Region, and the city streets through the Pickering Town Centre area and Kingston Rd see repeated municipal salt application. Our two-step Rust Check process treats every cavity, joint, and panel where salt and moisture accumulate: penetrating drip formula for hidden areas and dripless Coat & Protect for the undercarriage. Annual treatment booked each fall before road salt season provides the best protection.
From Pickering, take the 401 East to the Liberty St exit in Bowmanville. Turn right onto Baseline Rd E. A straightforward 30-minute highway drive.
Pickering is the western edge of where we serve, and the 30-minute 401 drive east is a real drive. We will be straight about that. Most Pickering customers come for Rust Check specifically because the appointment is short (60 to 90 minutes for the application itself) and the protection is annual. Once a year, one trip, set for life. The vehicle profile in Pickering makes annual Rust Check especially worth it. The 401 through south Pickering sees the heaviest highway brine in Durham Region. Pickering Bay, Bay Ridges, and West Shore vehicles deal with constant lake humidity layered on top of road salt. The Town Centre area, Kingston Rd, and Brock Rd north of the 401 all see repeated municipal salt. Frame rails, rocker panels, and door cavities take the brunt of it. Modern factory rust protection has improved, but it does not reach the hidden cavities our Rust Check oil reaches.
Pickering has no licensed Rust Check dealer of its own. Going east, we are the closest at 30 minutes on the 401. Going west, the next options are in Toronto, which is further drive plus city traffic. We are the practical choice for every Pickering address even with the 30-minute run east. Most Pickering customers book the appointment for a weekday morning, drop off, and either wait at the shop for 60 to 90 minutes or pick up later in the day.
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.
September through November is the window that matters, because the protection wants to be in place and settled before the first heavy salt of the season rather than applied over a winter of accumulated brine. We do apply Rust Check year-round and a treatment in February is far better than no treatment. Two things change outside the fall window. Coat & Protect needs temperatures above freezing to lay down and adhere properly, so deep-winter bookings depend on conditions. And a vehicle arriving mid-winter needs the underbody genuinely clean before anything goes on, since spraying oil over packed salt seals the salt in. If you have missed the fall, call rather than assume, and we will tell you what the vehicle in front of us needs.
Rubberized undercoatings are common at dealerships and quick-service shops because they look clean when first applied. The problem is they crack in Canadian temperature extremes and trap moisture against the metal underneath. For Pickering vehicles facing 401 brine and lakeshore humidity, that trapped-moisture failure mode is especially bad because the moisture exposure is essentially constant. Our oil-based Coat & Protect undercoat never fully dries, stays in continuous contact with the metal, and self-heals minor damage. It actively displaces moisture from the metal surface, which matters more on Pickering vehicles than on inland communities. Fifteen years of watching what rubberized coatings do to Ontario vehicles is why our shop does not offer them.
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!