Ethics question, do undercarriage in grey?

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My undercarriage is being fixed and cleaned up and I will of course put new undercoating on it, ut personally I find doing it in all black a bit dull and a midgreyish one would be a lot nicer.

Most (all?) of the metal parts will be powdercoated in black and will stand out better against the gray.

But I guess it is an ethics thing and would be nice to get some opinions.

Did see pics posted here earlier of someone who had done that and it did look very nice.


Assume there would be no difference in quality between a black and a grey one?
 
It has been a couple of years since I scraped off the original undercoating. But it seems to me that is was a beige color -definitely not body color. I think a grey would be fine. You may not want it too light since it may be more visible in the wheel well area.
 
How long did it take to scrape off the undercoating and what technique did you use? I have done my Corvair floor partially and recoated with POR-15. If I recall correctly I used a propane torch to heat then scrape the undercoat. I have a heat gun now, and I bet that would work well, followed by solvent scrub, acid etch and the POR-15. I am very impressed with this product other than it's toxicity. The Wurth Grey looks great.
 
I first handed it in to be dry ice blasted but they actually gave up. Said they had never seen a car with the coating being that stuck. Also the rubber under the coating apparently makes it extra difficult. Did not want to do sand as I am not taking the whole car apart.

I should mention it is not fully the original coating, it was apparently extensively redone in the 80s.

The reason for the project is to have it nice and clean under and fix any rust there is, and there are some spots but very little for en E9. I am working on making it better and thought it might be wise to start from below and work my way up.

The car is now with Jan in Lithuania and they are scraping it of manually as I understand it. I would have to ask him about the exact method. Here are some of his projects : https://picasaweb.google.com/105341602424120405500
 
Old world skills

You guys on the other side of the pond are so very lucky to have the former Soviet block countries and the old world skills and work ethics at your disposal.
 
pamp said:
You guys on the other side of the pond are so very lucky to have the former Soviet block countries and the old world skills and work ethics at your disposal.
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On this side I hear Cuban auto mechanics are great, also a former Soviet block locale...
 
pamp said:
Yeah!
There was a Cuban guy who took a '50s era truck, Chevy 4 X 4 if I recall, sealed it up and added a propellor to the rear driveline. Loaded up with his buddies and family and he made it to Florida only to have the coastie's unload them and then do 50 cal target practice. Back home for him and truck be sunk. So he did it again with another truck and made it. Last I heard he was quickly hired by a GM dealer. How cool is that? In my mind I would have a "CubaCorps" to defend the coasts, ex-pats and patrol boats that resemble a '58 Apache only bigger and with big guns. After a few years of service, the boys would be granted citizenship. We could go on with this, say "MexiCorps" Build a wall between the countries using the existing "illegal" population to keep out the rest. Same deal, citizenship after service. Or "CongCorps" I do not mean to be racist, yet these guys know tunnels and are not afraid of the tight spaces to repair failing US sewers,etc. So there your are, illegal immigration solved to the betterment of the USA.
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quite the troll post...all else I will say is ... "utter crap."

To the original poster, body color will give lovely contrast, 'specially if your car's chamonix!
 
My apologies

Sorry to upset any sensibilities. My point being that body work and paint is labor intensive.
Ask "orangener" why he trucks his cars across borders to Slovakia to get quality work at a reasonable price. See you guys, I quit this forum.
 
The car is Sienna metallic dp so it should work well with that I think.

I did get you point pamp, it is an advantage. My solution is maybe not the cheapest but it is skilled people used to working on old card and they have done 3 E9s. But some may take offense to the rest ;) But I do think the Cubans would have good mechanics being used to fix things with nothing and working on old cars.
 
I don't see anything wrong in pamp's post.

Jan does great work and the work ethic and general 'fix it' attitude in these countries lends itself to restoration.

In the UK there is a lot of tea drunk while looking at rust and the end result is very expensive.

Regards,

Rohan
 
My Bad

Sorry guys,
Politics have no place on this forum, I realize this. I got carried away with my train of thought, quickly realized my mistake and deleted the post. Unfortunately I had been quoted and nothing I can do about that. No need to castrate me, won't happen again. Self imposed 86 for a while is in order. Wish the best to all on the winter projects. Be safe.
 
The political angles add color to our hobbies, though I agree with you Pamp that we should avoid them to focus in what we have in common. But they are there and if asked I do have my opinions...
 
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