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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 03:10 PM
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Got the purple power out and sanded a lot and cleaned prior to painting. Finished up today finally. Did 2 coats of silver and all the places that needed black. Also painted the springs silver too to break it up some in the back.

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You can see here how nicely the rubberized material came out under the rocker panel and in the wheel wells.


The wheel well is reflecting some of the browness of the rotor but its black.






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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 03:18 PM
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Jesus that's clean Your before pics are like 10x cleaner than the underside of my car awesome job!
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 04:03 PM
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Very clean! I agree, your underside's before WAY cleaner than mine! Good job.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 05:53 PM
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The silver came nice! What did you use for paint? I want to re-do mine too (silver). I foolishly covered the whole back in black undercoat...
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 06:01 PM
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Looks great!
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 06:48 PM
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Thanks guys.. I just used some random silver hammertone finish paint. Nothing special. Its all in the prep. Clean with degreaser, wash, sand, mineral spirits, alcohol, paint, pics, done.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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Nicely done.....bout time you cleaned that pig!

I like the clean rockers...dammit, might add that to the list too
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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Nicely done.....bout time you cleaned that pig!

I like the clean rockers...dammit, might add that to the list too
The dirt was from all the miles this car has seen.. sound familiar? Ehh.. probably not lol

Rockers are the first thing people are going to see when they look under the sides of the car
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by djfury05
The dirt was from all the miles this car has seen.. sound familiar? Ehh.. probably not lol

Rockers are the first thing people are going to see when they look under the sides of the car
Lol...thanks buddy. I know what you mean. Figured there was a way to do it, just haven't addressed it......have a few other things on the plate
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:54 PM
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That is one clean undercarriage. Good lord. How much to get mine that clean. lol
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 01BlueSS1995
That is one clean undercarriage. Good lord. How much to get mine that clean. lol
Thanks man.. if you weren't so far away I'd consider it.. 5 hours is a drive lol. I do need to bring my car to Vengeance Racing though..
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 08:59 PM
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haha, ive heard they put out some pretty mean ****! If you ever come down to these parts, id love to see that car!
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 09:04 PM
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What did you paint it with? How did you apply it? It looks like it dried very smooth.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by lees02WS6
What did you paint it with? How did you apply it? It looks like it dried very smooth.
Silver hammertone spray paint.. I have had a lot of experience with spray painting lol. This paint was actually pretty forgiving considering all the weird angles I had to spray from.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 09:59 PM
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Nice job man. That was the biggest pain In the *** to do. I used the rustoleum hammerone stuff too seems to be holding up nice.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 10:09 PM
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Love it! did you clear coat it or anything? How do you plan to maintance it? This is one thing I want to try and do is keep the underside of the car looking good.

and do you have any SFC's?
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DopeFedZ
Nice job man. That was the biggest pain In the *** to do. I used the rustoleum hammerone stuff too seems to be holding up nice.
Thanks bro.. I actually decided on the hammertone finish paint from your build thread

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Love it! did you clear coat it or anything? How do you plan to maintance it? This is one thing I want to try and do is keep the underside of the car looking good.

and do you have any SFC's?
I did not clear coat over anything. The paint finishes in a nice glossy manner itself. I painted my bellhousing with this same paint 7 months ago and it has held up great so I went ahead and used it on the undercarriage. Maintenance will just be with a hose and soap/degreaser.

I do have SFC's. I'm not sure what brand they are as they were on this roller when I bought it. They are round tube and tuck up very well. I prefer the boxed style because these flex quite a bit if I need to jack it up using them. They are flush with the bottom of the rockers actually so you can barely notice.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 10:27 PM
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Verrrrry clean!
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 11:03 PM
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Wow, that looks amazing. I would love to do something similar to the undercarriage of my 2000 SS but suspect I need a lift to really get to all the nooks and crannies.
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Simply amazing. I can't wait to retire my car from DD status so I can do this.
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