Coating on rear wheel wells
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Coating on rear wheel wells
As you all know we have that solid black coating around the rear wheel wells. I wanted to know if any of you have applied something over it, I was thinking something like the rubber coating that you can apply from a spray can. Would this be alright?
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thats factory undercoating and yes you can redo the rears but the front liners are smoth plastic so i dont think those would look to good with the undercoating on them.
best way to do the fronts is to remove the liner clean em and repaint them
best way to do the fronts is to remove the liner clean em and repaint them
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3M Professional Rubberized undercoating works great on the rears. I've re-done several of these, just make sure to scrape off any of the factory coating that's exsessively loose. A stiff bristle brush with soap and water works well for this. Then follow the directions on the can to apply the fresh undercoating.
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just use a can of satin black spray paint, remove the wheel clean area, cover the drum/rotor and a couple of light coats and it'll look factory again, the front remove and clean , you should be able to refurbish it to it's new look,
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3M Professional Rubberized undercoating works great on the rears. I've re-done several of these, just make sure to scrape off any of the factory coating that's exsessively loose. A stiff bristle brush with soap and water works well for this. Then follow the directions on the can to apply the fresh undercoating.
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As for the rocks, you'll still hear the bigger ones.
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It'll stay black unless you drive the car a lot during salt covered winter road conditions. Rain water didn't really fade mine at all, but the road salt bleached it back to a charcoal gray color. So if you want it to look perfect, you'll need to re-do it after each winter.
As for the rocks, you'll still hear the bigger ones.
As for the rocks, you'll still hear the bigger ones.
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In that case, it'll stay a nice semi-gloss black pretty much forever. This I can say from experiance on my '98 car. It's totally weather free (like yours) and I re-did the rear wheel wells using 3M Professional back in 2005 and they still look like new.
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I have even heard about people using tires products like armorall or tire shine and of course detail products like under carriage spray too all to make them fresh and dark black. Of course all of these wash/wear off over time just like the new coating and paint will do just this stuff goes much quicker.
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