omnipotentgoku

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If I were going to clean my wheel wells and line them with something, what would you guys recommend ? I am basically wanting them to look black, and be easy to clean . What do I clean them with, and what do I paint/cover them with to get the black look and possibly prevent rust (doesn't rain for **** here so its not a major concern).

Spdfrk1990

I think im gonna use a torch and scrape off all the crappy factory under coating. Then recoat them with truck bed liner we use it on all the old cars we restore and it looks great. Water resistant and if it holds up in a truck bed u know it will hold up to ne rocks or nething the tire throws at it.

Briansz28

Bed liner material will also reduce tire noise- but its really heavy. I'm gonna strip the undercoating off mine and paint w/ POR15. I HAVE to be concerned with rust- I have some bad spots in that area anyway.

eddie jr

When I did my major body work last fall I sandblasted them, primed them with corrosion protection primer and then coated with rubber. Thinking back now I would have done what Brain has mentioned....POR 15. I finally found someone who sells it up here and am going to use it on the floorpans.

Briansz28

Yeah- it's expensive but works well- I used it to fix some holes there too.
oh- best way that I came up with that's not too messy for indoors to take off the undercoating in the wheel wells- mineral spirits on a rag.

eddie jr

Brian - I don't mean to hijack this thread but what did you do for the POR 15, did you use the marine clean and/or metal ready beforehand or did you just go over the rust?? Did you use their top coat (like chassis coat black) or just leave the POR 15 as the final coat??

eddie.

TomP

When I used POR-15 on my rear axle, I used all three steps- marine clean, metal ready, then por-15. The actual por-15 spreads on really thin; a brush is the best way because you can "jab" the brush at a tight spot, and the bristles will get in deep. If I had sprayed the por-15, I would've been spraying way too much.

If you're going to apply it to bare metal, the instruction sheet says that you must use the metal ready, to give the por-15 something to "bite" onto. It needs something rough; in fact, they say when removing rust, use a wire brush by hand, not a wire brush in a drill.

POR-15 will turn brownish if exposed constantly to sunlight... you might have to topcoat it, depending on where you park your car.

I used to just take some flat black paint to my wheel wells. It'd be good for a year or so, then I'd have to spray again.

eddie jr

I was under the impression POR 15 can only go over bare metal (or rusted metal). It can't go over paint can it? How many coats did you use, just 1?