Having undercar painted
01-28-08, 10:24 PM
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Having undercar painted
Well kinda like the title says, im having the bottom of my car sand blasted, fixed up, and sprayed, i was wondering if there is anything i should/could have done that would require bodywork on the underside of the car that i could take care of while this is being done. Anything that i will look back in a few months when i'm upgrading things or whatever and say damn, well i really should have done that when this was getting done?
01-28-08, 11:18 PM
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I would say you'd need to take the entire car apart to do this the right way. The engine, trans, brake lines, fuel lines, subframes, etc all need to be pulled or you will just be painting a little bit of the car.
I would stay away from sandblasting all but rusty areas. The factory undercoating is pretty good. If you have ever sandblasted anything you'll know that sand keeps coming out forever, it seems like it is nearly impossible to get it all out.
Make sure you have the shop seam seal the joints between spot welded parts when they are done cleaning up the bottom then paint.
Check out the pics in this link, I had the bottom side of my car painted.
http://rides.webshots.com/album/89560034SgoVwL
I would stay away from sandblasting all but rusty areas. The factory undercoating is pretty good. If you have ever sandblasted anything you'll know that sand keeps coming out forever, it seems like it is nearly impossible to get it all out.
Make sure you have the shop seam seal the joints between spot welded parts when they are done cleaning up the bottom then paint.
Check out the pics in this link, I had the bottom side of my car painted.
http://rides.webshots.com/album/89560034SgoVwL
01-28-08, 11:57 PM
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Yea the entire car is pretty much completely stripped which is why im getting this done, not to the extent of yours.. but the bottom is pretty bare. The undercoating is pretty much gone on my car... very spotty and im only going to drive the 7 on summery days.. it wont see rain ever again.. I was moreso wondering if anyone had like work done on the rear wheel wells for bigger tires if that was something that could be done, or if they can fit pretty big tires without any excess work.
01-29-08, 12:08 AM
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Yea the entire car is pretty much completely stripped which is why im getting this done, not to the extent of yours.. but the bottom is pretty bare. The undercoating is pretty much gone on my car... very spotty and im only going to drive the 7 on summery days.. it wont see rain ever again.. I was moreso wondering if anyone had like work done on the rear wheel wells for bigger tires if that was something that could be done, or if they can fit pretty big tires without any excess work.
275s will fit in the rear no problem. I think maybe 285s will fit, you might need to get different trailing arms, check in the wheel/tire section for more info. Pettit and some others sell 1/4 panel flares for the rear, 335s will fit then.
I understand no undercoating, still seam seal the spot welded flanges, any water sitting there just after a wash will leave rust stains on the bottom of the car.
