89Formula3

Has anyone ever painted the inside of there wheel wells?

Mine are extremely dirty and every time I take pics it becomes very noticeable. Im thinking about painting them flat black to give it that new car look, what do you guys think?

Legal Disaster

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por-15

Black_Widdow

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I used black rubberized undercoating. I got it from the auto parts store. Worked well, but you'll need a few cans

Frozer!!!

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Thats what I used, power washed it let it dry then sprayed it on

89Formula3

I'll check that out, thanks.

i_love_thirdgen

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I used to work at autozone and my only suggestion is, if your going to autozone, buy the duplicolor stuff. (You don't need the expensixe 3M undercoat, duplicolor works almost as well but for a better price.) The cheaper Valuecraft is like throwing messing tar on your car.

jimmyj2000

I used semi-gloss black engine paint on mine, which I also used on my chassis components(axle, control arms, etc). After a year and a half, they still look as good as when I did it. Another thing I do is, when I detail my car, I spray the wheelwells with CD-2 Engine Detailer, or tire shine if I am out of the CD-2.

xpndbl3

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$1.79 rustoleum semi-gloss black got the job done

87CIZ

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i believe kandied91z smoothed and painted his, it looks really sharp.

Kevinfirebird

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I use a can of cheap black spary paint.

online170

Ive done most of the above, and i like tremclad semigloss the best.

Rubberized looks great, i dunno what you guys are talking about. I used the Pro-Foam, i think its called. But it is expensive, and after a few years it'll catch dirt, but looks GREAT if you wash your car regularly.

But i absolutely loved the tremclad rust paint. It wasnt in a can, it was the brush on kind. $9 at walmart, in the hardware section. I also picked up a $2 brush, and you will only use about 1/4 of it, so you can use whats left to do touchups, or go crazy on other suspension stuff, axle, i used it on my frame (not f-body, was an older car).

The old undercoating starts to chip off, like yours is by now, so wash it with a garden hose on high, with concentrated pressure. Whatever is going to flake off, should do it by now. Let the car dry, and then slosh the tremclad on there very liberally. The tremclad is super tough paint, i had a hard time stripping it with chemicals, and it has kind of an eggshell finish, so dirt doesnt stick to it as easily as tar. the best technique is, to dip in the brush into the paint, start brushing it on, and keep brushing it untill it kinda feels like its drying. VERY QUICK, very easy, and you dont miss any spots or get overspray.

However, it dulls very quickly, so if you get the semi-gloss, itll dry to a flat finish.

Im all for the smoothed finish, but after i started scraping away in one wheel well, i gave up, its just too much work and trouble for something thats gonna get dirty so quickly.

banker

I'd still go with POR 15, it's the only paint that hasn't flaked or cracked.

online170

Worth mentioning, I have NOT tried POR-15, and my tremclad has 2 years of use, alot of use on gravel, but only in summer driving. So i cant vouch for POR-15 but ive heard only good things.

ryan91rs

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why not just clean them? mine are black and nasty but i bought a couple of cans of degrease and i'm gonna clean it all out before i store it for the winter this week. Then again mine are not too bad, i can still see the color a little in some spots.

Orinackra

I por-15'd mine, and they have that flat black look, I like it.