clean and painted undercarriage
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clean and painted undercarriage
A few weeks ago I finally broke down cleaned the underbody up. It was a pretty bad combo of half oil soaked and melting undercoat, rock hard undercoat, rust, and grease. Took the better part of three weekends just to get all that crap cleaned up. While I was doing that I also dropped the trans to clean above that, and dropped the rear for cleaning and a gear swap.
The paint on everything is eastwood rust encapsulator. Looks good and seems to work great so far. Only downside was the price, at $100 for a gallon.
Oddly enough, my driver's floorpan was perfect and the passenger was rusty. Took a couple patches approx 6x6, and one about 10x10. Not to bad for a 17 year old Illinois car I suppose.
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The paint on everything is eastwood rust encapsulator. Looks good and seems to work great so far. Only downside was the price, at $100 for a gallon.
Oddly enough, my driver's floorpan was perfect and the passenger was rusty. Took a couple patches approx 6x6, and one about 10x10. Not to bad for a 17 year old Illinois car I suppose.
Here's a before:
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small peice of advice though, when you have the rear wheels up in the air like that, chalk the front tires, i've seen 3 cars roll off and onto people who did it like that
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Gee man... it's really inspiring the work you did on the bottom of your car!!!
And to think I've been putting off a pressure wash (sinde my car is pretty good underneath, still the factory finish visible) and painting the welds on my recently installed subframe connectors... shame on me!! I'll start tomorrow!
But as someone said, I'd definitely chock those front wheels!
And to think I've been putting off a pressure wash (sinde my car is pretty good underneath, still the factory finish visible) and painting the welds on my recently installed subframe connectors... shame on me!! I'll start tomorrow!
But as someone said, I'd definitely chock those front wheels!
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A pressure wash before you start would definately be a good thing, probably save some mess.
I chock the wheels while I'm raising it up, and after it's on the stands I give it a really good shake. With those 4 ton stands right under the rear and positioned in the stand cradles like that it's very solid. Thanks for the thought though
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A pressure wash before you start would definately be a good thing, probably save some mess.
I chock the wheels while I'm raising it up, and after it's on the stands I give it a really good shake. With those 4 ton stands right under the rear and positioned in the stand cradles like that it's very solid. Thanks for the thought though
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And I forgot to mention that it's MUCH more pleasant to work on now. I can actually go under the car clean, and roll back out without being black and caked with who knows what. I give being clean two thumbs up
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Awesome job dude, thats the stuff I like to see.
I will be doing the same to my car this winter, I already did it once...but I have to do it again for my own peice of mind.
I will be doing the same to my car this winter, I already did it once...but I have to do it again for my own peice of mind.
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I will be doing the same to my car this winter, I already did it once...but I have to do it again for my own peice of mind.
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You did a nice job on those rims, BTW. I think thats the only set of rims that style that I actually like.
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how did u do that? im gonna do that to the lancer when i get it because i want it to be pretty, but i kno someone is gonan ask, what chemicals and stuff did u use?
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Originally posted by Red87SC
how did u do that? im gonna do that to the lancer when i get it because i want it to be pretty, but i kno someone is gonan ask, what chemicals and stuff did u use?
how did u do that? im gonna do that to the lancer when i get it because i want it to be pretty, but i kno someone is gonan ask, what chemicals and stuff did u use?
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The paint is eastwood rust encapsulator. Different mags have rated it on a level playing field with POR15, or better. Depending on the application and the mag doing the rating. I think price is about the same, IIRC.
Thanks again for the compliments
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Great job. I've been meaning to get under mine and do the same thing but have been procrastinating; your pics were all the inspiration and motivation I needed
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