I was up in Vancouver BC a few weeks ago during the snow/ice incident and it was pretty slippery and a good test for the 'runner!
All went well, but since then I have noticed that my warn premium hubs and lug nuts on my wheels have become caked with salt, and rust is beginning to form. I think that I was a victim of road salt and I really want to nip this in the bud.
Is there anything that I can spray on those nuts in order to stop the effects of decay/rust? any advice for products for this purpose would be most appreciated.
thanks-
tw

 

Take off the hubs and send them to me Then I'll send you my ADD plates and they aint got rust on em, so we'll be even.

If you sand off and remove the rust, a good coat of primer/spray paint would work good to keep the rust off by covering up any exposed steel. I'm thinking some of the industrial zinc-clad spray paint primer and then a topcoat spraypaint of a nice color from your local Sherwin-Williams will do the trick. The Zinc primer is nice and heavy so it should stick to whatever you spray it on. You could try some of the clear coat stuff but I bet it wouldn't last very long on bare steel.

 

Wash them with clean water and maybe spray them with some WD40. You could also try smearing a thin layer of grease on them. It will attract dirt, but help to keep the salty water off of them.

Salt is nasty.

 

look up callmej. he can powdercoat them for you. he offers very fair pricing and great quality work

 

I've never been able to keep rust from forming on cheap lugnuts. You might try better quality ones if it bothers you.