I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
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I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
Just had it up in the air and rinsed off the bottom of the car. I noticed my front crossmember has ZERO paint on it. I had no idea they weren't painted from the factory. You'd think they would rust immediately...????
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Re: I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
The engine mounts weren't painted, either????
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Re: I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
Prob need to dry that all off and grab some detail pictures.
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Re: I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
Theres actually a lot of parts that arent painted..
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Re: I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
Spraying WD40 on that every year or so, might work too.
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Re: I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
The silver you're seeing is just a light reflection. There's nothing on it
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I have pics from other angles, and the reflection is in a completely different pattern. Plus I was under there looking around for an hour. Believe me, it's a trick of light. There's no overspray anywhere
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Re: I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
See? Now it looks like its covered, lol. Just the light
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I'm a painter. Believe me, there's nothing touched up or doctored in any way....other than whatever got that quaker state undercoating on it when it was new. I was SHOCKED at the condition of the bare metal parts. They look like brand new. Every nut and bolt under the car looks new. It spent it's life in a climate controlled garage, and I bought it from its 71 year old previous owner. He must have never, EVER driven it in rain or crappy roads. Now I have to figure out how I can preserve it during my ownership. I don't want that stuff to go to hell under my doing lol. And I don't have a climate controlled environment to store it in. It currently sits in a storage unit.. It has a small decal in the back window that looks like a quaker state logo....but it says something about undercoating. Anyone ever heard of it??
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It is called Quaker State Q Metal-Gard
I just researched it. I don't think they've made it since the later 80's
I just researched it. I don't think they've made it since the later 80's
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Re: I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
Is this an 82? If so, i wonder if the factory carried over the black paint fogging on the back side of the rearend from the 2nd gen days?
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Re: I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
The Preservation/History/Originality angel on my shoulder says to leave as much as possible untouched. The Practical Devil on my other shoulder is screaming about eliminating that pellet style catalytic converter. I see that thing hanging there, and part of me starts twitching.
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The Preservation/History/Originality angel on my shoulder says to leave as much as possible untouched. The Practical Devil on my other shoulder is screaming about eliminating that pellet style catalytic converter. I see that thing hanging there, and part of me starts twitching.
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Heres that decal i was talking about. Not sure if it was done at the dealer when it was new or what. I assume so, but i dont know for sure
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Re: I just had my Camaro up on a hoist...
The Preservation/History/Originality angel on my shoulder says to leave as much as possible untouched. The Practical Devil on my other shoulder is screaming about eliminating that pellet style catalytic converter. I see that thing hanging there, and part of me starts twitching.
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