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Posted by: jnp914 Sep 9 2003, 08:47 AM

I have seen a few pictures here of some very nice weld in roll cage installations. But....how do you paint that sucker once it is in?

Posted by: URY914 Sep 9 2003, 09:27 AM

Mask off everything, and shoot it.
PITA!

Paul

Posted by: jnp914 Sep 9 2003, 11:09 AM

So I guess you torch out the rear bulkhead so you have plenty of access to shoot the rear of the tubes?

Posted by: SirAndy Sep 9 2003, 11:12 AM

paintbrush and por-15 ...
helps to have the front and rear windows out.

Andy

Posted by: Brad Roberts Sep 9 2003, 11:49 AM

Like Andy and Paul said. You can mask everything off.. or use Por15 (its self leveling..so the paint strokes from the brush doesnt show)

B

Posted by: jnp914 Sep 10 2003, 11:13 AM

Thank you, Pondskipper, you have revealed the secret.

Posted by: campbellcj Sep 10 2003, 02:55 PM

It seems like it would be pretty easy to paint the tubes before assembly/welding in the car. Obviously you would want to leave the ends bare and then POR-15 the welds later.

It is definitely possible to paint it inside the car (I did brushed-on POR-15) but it is really tough or impossible to hit every nook and cranny, esp. with any interior upholstery or the windshield still in the car.

Posted by: synthesisdv Sep 10 2003, 03:04 PM

QUOTE(campbellcj @ Sep 10 2003, 04:55 PM)

It seems like it would be pretty easy to paint the tubes before assembly/welding in the car

Not a chance. The welding conducts so much heat into the tubing and surrounding sheetmetal that just about everything near the weld site needs to be primed and painted. We even had the undercoating in the wheelwells catch fire a few times. (we removed the UC later)

On the otherhand, if you are using a pre-fab cage, then just paint it first. If you want a tight fitting custom cage, plan on painting.

regards,
david