Just bought another TJ finally

[JeepinJoe886]

So this is my second tj. I had an 01 wrangler patriot blue sport and got rear ended by a guy going like 50 into a stoplight. Anyway totaled it out. Just bought this green beauty for 5k. It has 78xxx miles on it and is completely bone stock except for the radio. I live in nj and things get pretty rusty up here but surprisingly the frame only has surface rust and the body has like 0% rust. I’m very very pleased with it and I really wanna put some mods on her. Anyway what is a good way to hit the surface rust on the frame. I got some navel jelly and a nice wire brush and I was just gonna go to town on it and then spray it with some undercoating... any recommendations? Anything would be appreciated. Thank guys. “JJ”

 

[RMETeeJay]

Looks like a nice find from the rust belt! Does it seem like it was maintained (fluids, etc) well?

Lots of threads already on treating rust. Pro tip: when you search the site, the Google search tab in the results is often better than the built in one.

 

[Tray Burge]

Move south.

 

[Goatman]

Skip the undercoating. Unless you want the rust to stay safely hidden from view as it rots through your TJ. Get it as rust free as possible and stick with a Cosmoline product or Fluid Film. They allow you to monitor the condition of your steel and allow you to repair or re-clean any rust that comes back. And in the salt belt it always comes back.