Some pics of undercarriage restoration

[johanaxelson]

If the car starts to rust again I will get pissed.....

I went for a grey under the car as I find it much nicer with a light undercarriage and it shows of all the newly powder coated other stuff too.

Under the grey is the black two component acrylic and under that normal rust proofing.

 

[johanaxelson]

continued...

 

[johanaxelson]

and even more

 

[Nicad]

Nice, not sure I understand what the first layer is? I am assuming you went to bare metal?

Can you post the name brand of the products you used? Anyway, it looks fantastic.

 

[johanaxelson]

Sorry, yes, it was bare metal.

First layer is an epoxy primer, then acrylic and then the normal rubbery stuff. And something else on all "joints" to really seal it up, forgot to ask before what it was.

I will ask for specific brands.

Oh, and thanks

 

[kasbatts]

Looking good, nice work,

The grey stuff looks similar to the stuff I used ( mine was a Wurth product)
I spent many hours laying on my back under the car working it into every nook and cranny I could find before
over spraying the whole underside with under seal

Wish I had had a rotisserie like yours though!!!!! Would have been so much easier

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

we're all nuts!

That's fantastic, I wonder how many more of these would be around if the factory did the job that well? Anyhow, I'm glad there are so many forumers who don't see a problem spending close to- if not more than -1000 hours on the undersides of their cars. Please keep the pictures coming!

 

[Arde]

It is already rusting...

Nice work.

 

[johanaxelson]

Dammit Arde, don't jinx it!

But you are probably right.

Actually it was in a pretty good shape and not much metal work needed to be done but there were lots of little spots where the rust was settling in and would have become a problem later. So I think I saved a bunch of $ by doing this sooner rather than later.



Peter, probably a whole lot more. BMW could have saved us all a lot of money by spending a little more back then.

 

[johanaxelson]

Kasbatts - yes, the rotisserie probably saved me a few bucks And somebody's back. Not doing the work myself though. Am away working in Indonesia and the car is in Lithuania. But I am still spending the money to have it done. Does that count?

Nicad - The grey undercoating is Dinitrol and the other products come from Glasurit Sine. Apparently they have an oldtimer series. Will update with exactly which later.

 

[E911]

@Peter... sadly, they rust from the inside out

 

[Arde]

Oh, in Lithuanian weather they rust even faster, the baltic is very salty, taste their herring for example.
It is good that your are in Indonesia so in the distance you cannot hear it rust.


Forget about it, that car will outlive us all, else you take it to Lithuania again.

 

[johanaxelson]

These are the details of the materials. Apparently not the most environmentally friendly.... Sorry for quality.

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