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Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:18 pm

I have been tossing around the idea of lining the underside of my pan with woll on bedliner or something like it. I live on a dirt road so i am very concerned that ill just end up with chipped paint and eventually more rust. I have searched and found alot of talk about those with buggies using this stuff for almost anything. If properly applied, is this something i should really do to my car? its a 69 std pan.

Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:31 pm

i did this on the bottom of my pan when i changed out my pan halves, just be sure to scuff the under side with a wire wheel or something so it will have something to adhere to. i used the can type, it took a little longer to cure, costs a little less, but the end result is hard as a rock and it came out great.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:00 pm

Looks nice! Do you happen to remember the brand name?

Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:01 pm

so far i am seeing herculiner as the choice of most of the buggy crowd.

Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:25 pm

Either that or the standard por 15. Either way you will help someones kid 20 years from now will have a smile on his face.....

Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:43 pm

so it really is an effective preservative? not just someone else's nightmare to remove?

Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:52 pm

the only real fail proof thing that i can think of is to powder coat the pan, cause it is baked into the pores of the metal preserving the metal cause is has no wet properties to it. but maybe i am wrong.

Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:53 pm

for powdercoating you really need to have someone beadblast first right? i think that gets expensive pretty fast.

Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:06 pm

I just coated both sides of my pan with herculiner and it appears to be indesructable. I slopped some into one of the threaded holes and it was a bee-ouch to get it out, even with a thread chaser.

Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:07 pm

if you know someone or some where that does bead or sand blasting on a massive scale you can get it done for relatively cheap, there is a place down here that does blasting and painting for under 300 and its commercial grade paint. if you could find something like that you'll be good.

Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:14 pm

To get the front subframe from a Camaro done, it only cost my Dad about $100. That included blasting and powdercoating. They even got the powdercoat inside the "rails" of the subframe, definitely worth the money.

Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:22 am

if i were to do it again i would defiantly powder coat my entire pan, and be done with it.

Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:43 pm

Just did mine today with sprayon stuff from the can. the herculiner was far more expensive than i had thought.
this may have been a mistake though, it reacted with my seam sealer and lifted. ill have to scrape and sand and hope a second coat can repair the damage.

Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:52 pm

This guy used one of the Rhino Linings products. Looks pretty clean.

Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:53 pm

My 65 was almost done, but I wanted to protect some areas better. Got Herculiner and did the inner fenders, under the front apron, inside the trunk (wasn't sprayed well, but wanted to do around the spare anyway), inside the headlight buckets. I bought the 5 quart kit in red (my car is red) and it looks decent and is holding up well....

Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:18 pm

This stuff sounds pretty promising.....

http://www.kbs-coatings.com/KBS-All-In-One-Chassis-Kit_p_36.html

Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:22 pm

i used plasti-kote. it is what i can get in my town and the guy thought it was tough stuff. without any road testing, i do like how it feels. it feels thick and tough. so asside from the reaction with the sealer (which might happen with any of the products) i cant complain untill it falls apart on me down the road

im also only doing the underside of the pan, so if it does get flaky i can just roll into the garage and clean it all off from my pit.

Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:49 pm

Blue Rabit wrote: for powdercoating you really need to have someone beadblast first right? i think that gets expensive pretty fast.

That, and finding a bead blasting shop that has an oven the size of a Volkswagen Beetle Pan.

Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:05 pm

tundrawolf wrote: Blue Rabit wrote: for powdercoating you really need to have someone beadblast first right? i think that gets expensive pretty fast.

That, and finding a bead blasting shop that has an oven the size of a Volkswagen Beetle Pan.

Most of 'em do... :wink:

Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:40 am

A guy I know did his bed in Plasti-Kote - didnt hold up well, but very well could have been bad prep.