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| rfuerst911sc |
 Oct 27 2007, 01:02 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,158 Joined: 4-May 06 From: Dahlonega , Georgia Member No.: 5,980 Region Association: South East States  |
I have completed the installation of metal GT flares front and rear, these were butt welded. And I have installed the GT rear stiffening kit. All welds were ground smooth and seam sealer was applied where needed. I then applied a oil based rust preventative primer and then 2 brushed coats of a oil based high gloss enamel paint. I was going to apply one more coat via spray as a finish coat but before I do that I'm wondering if I should spray undercoating in the wheelwells? I live in Florida so not many rocks to kick up and no road salt. So should I just apply a finish coat of paint or undercoat? If I undercoat is there any advantage to applying paint over the undercoat? I kinda like the look of the painted inner fenders. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| PRS914-6 |
Oct 27 2007, 02:56 PM
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Excellence Magazine Project 914 3.6 Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,278 Joined: 20-May 06 From: Central California Member No.: 6,031 Region Association: None  |
It sounds like you have plenty of rust protection. However, if you are doing a nice paint job, I would coat the inside of the fender wells with a protective coating to prevent rocks and stones from being thrown up and dinging the body work and paint. If a pebble gets tossed up it will leave a nice star in the paint. The GT flares are really flat on top and would be most susceptible.
I used a truck bed liner material on mine. The flat areas are quite thick and taper to thinner as the body gets more vertical. It's good insurance considering the cost of painting. YMMV |
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rfuerst911sc should I use undercoating? Oct 27 2007, 01:02 PM
Jeff Hail
I have completed the installation of metal GT fla... Oct 27 2007, 01:46 PM rfuerst911sc For what it's worth my 75 chassis appears to h... Oct 27 2007, 02:04 PM
rfuerst911sc
It sounds like you have plenty of rust protection... Oct 27 2007, 03:08 PM PRS914-6 gallon can and a shutz gun Oct 27 2007, 03:46 PM kwales That was pretty funny.....
"I live in Florid... Oct 28 2007, 10:07 AM |
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