 smoothing rust pits, and engine bay color |
|
|
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
|
  |
| scotty914 |
 Nov 15 2004, 01:16 AM
Post
#1
|
|
suby torque rules  Group: Members Posts: 1,525 Joined: 20-July 03 From: maryland, the land of 25 year Member No.: 924  |
ok i am slighty motivated to go work on my car again. i did the engine bay in paintable undercoating, now after seeing all of the pretty engine bays i want to clean mine up. so i am going to pull the motor or more like untie it and strip the under coating. the reason i did the under coating is two fold one was for sound purposes, the second was my pass side frame has rust pits but no rust holes. my car is black ( only real porsches are black). but i want a brighter color in the engine bay.
so do i use epoxy filler to fill and smooth the frame, i know grinding would take too much metal out, or would por 15 fill em in. i am thinking about using por 15 silver in the engine bay but how would that look with the body black or are there better colors. btw i do not have spray equipment so thats one reason for por heres a pic with it in rust converter spray primer Attached image(s) 
|
   |
 
|
| McMark |
Nov 15 2004, 01:34 AM
Post
#2
|
|
914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
You can fill pitting with glazing putty. You need to replace the missing piece of sheet metal in order for your engine to run cool. You could do silver POR-15, and it would look decent. You might ask around at shops and automotive paint shops to find someone who paints and see how much they'd charge to paint your engine bay. More expensive than POR-15, but much much better looking.
|
|
|
|
| scotty914 |
Nov 15 2004, 02:08 AM
Post
#3
|
|
suby torque rules Group: Members Posts: 1,525 Joined: 20-July 03 From: maryland, the land of 25 year Member No.: 924 |
the sheet metal is out for a reason... its called a suby 2.5
Attached image(s) 
|
|
|
|
| redshift |
Nov 15 2004, 02:30 AM
Post
#4
|
|
Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
|
|
|
|
| McMark |
Nov 15 2004, 02:39 AM
Post
#5
|
|
914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Damn good reason. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
|
|
|
|
| xsboost90 |
Nov 15 2004, 07:03 AM
Post
#6
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,393 Joined: 2-August 04 From: cincinnati Member No.: 2,432 |
you could always get one of those kits to do a truck sprayin bedliner...
|
|
|
|
| bob91403 |
Nov 15 2004, 07:42 AM
Post
#7
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 618 Joined: 15-September 04 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 2,763 |
Jake says he uses LineX for engine compartments. Check it out.
|
|
|
|
| 914GT |
Nov 15 2004, 09:57 AM
Post
#8
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Tucson Member No.: 2,923 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Wurth Rocker Guard is a nice coating to use. It's best to spray it with a schutz gun but it can be applied with brush or roller. This is an OEM Porsche coating. It can be painted over any color you like. If you decide to prep the metal and paint I would not use red glazing putty for filling pits and imperfections. This is lacquer-based and it can shrink, and it's incompatible with a lot of topcoats. Instead use polyester putty.
|
|
|
|
| DonTraver |
Nov 15 2004, 10:16 AM
Post
#9
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 829 Joined: 5-August 04 Member No.: 2,461 |
I'd use JB Weld to fill pitting in the engine compartment. Works like body putty and nothing, gas, oil, heat, etc will affect it. Paint sticks too.
good luck, Don |
|
|
|
| Jeroen |
Nov 15 2004, 01:04 PM
Post
#10
|
|
914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 24-December 02 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 3 Region Association: Europe |
Just paint it and live with the minor imperfections
Paint may not be the most durable/strong coating, but IF you have problems, you can easily spot them and fix em With so called durable coatings, you won't notice if anythings wrong beneath it untill it's waaaaaay to late JMHO |
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 11th May 2024 - 09:58 AM |
Invision Power Board
v9.1.4 © 2024 IPS, Inc.