EJ333
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What are your methods for maintaining the undercarriage of your coupes ?
Undercarriage maintainance
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If you have a lift, or access to one all you have to do is jack it up and look around for the signs of wear. For the car I take to the track occasionally, 07 Shelby, I have a list of things to check. So I would start with a list and just run through it. if you need help you can look for "tech inspection" and these are the things that have to pass before you can go on the track so that might be a good place to start. I even have a list that reminds me to remove all the mats in the car, the antenna, any loose items, and fluids to check as well as guages. As far as keeping the underside clean, after I did the undercoating I sprayed the belly with appliance paint like you would for a stove or fridge (black of course) but that stuff lends itself to easy cleaning. It sounds a bit anal but when stuff is clean problems are easier to spot-fixing them is another story!
If you have a lift, or access to one all you have to do is jack it up and look around for the signs of wear. For the car I take to the track occasionally, 07 Shelby, I have a list of things to check. So I would start with a list and just run through it. if you need help you can look for "tech inspection" and these are the things that have to pass before you can go on the track so that might be a good place to start. I even have a list that reminds me to remove all the mats in the car, the antenna, any loose items, and fluids to check as well as guages. As far as keeping the underside clean, after I did the undercoating I sprayed the belly with appliance paint like you would for a stove or fridge (black of course) but that stuff lends itself to easy cleaning. It sounds a bit anal but when stuff is clean problems are easier to spot-fixing them is another story!
EJ333
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Peter,
What did you use for undercoating ?
What did you use for undercoating ?
Not orthodox
My goal was to strip the underside to the bare metal but there were places that were in perfect condition and the darn stuff is impossible to remove so I took off every bit that I could and it took many days. The parts I did manage to strip were washed and etch-primed, sealed with 3M spooge and then sprayed with the same texture coating you would use on the rocker panel covers. It got many coats and I feathered the edges of the original undercoating that I could not remove so it would match as close as possible. If you put the texture on heavy it matches the texture of the undercoating pretty close. When scraping I paid particular attention to the seams, and corners-that took forever- when everything was done I got about 4 cans of appliance paint and did the finish up.
My goal was to strip the underside to the bare metal but there were places that were in perfect condition and the darn stuff is impossible to remove so I took off every bit that I could and it took many days. The parts I did manage to strip were washed and etch-primed, sealed with 3M spooge and then sprayed with the same texture coating you would use on the rocker panel covers. It got many coats and I feathered the edges of the original undercoating that I could not remove so it would match as close as possible. If you put the texture on heavy it matches the texture of the undercoating pretty close. When scraping I paid particular attention to the seams, and corners-that took forever- when everything was done I got about 4 cans of appliance paint and did the finish up.
