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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 11:55 PM
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Few pics of undercarriage "almost complete"



Well i had a little time to paint some more of my undercarriage. also, the trans, and driveshaft have been installed within the last week. hopefully it can be up and running within two weeks. tell me what you think, i know there are a couple spots that need touched up. atleast another coat. i only cleaned it and then shot it with satin black spray out of a can. i think it doesn't look all that bad.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 01:44 AM
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That looks awesome, i wish i had access to a lift to do that to my car. I'm in the process of building a rotisserie so that i can lay down por-15 and a topcoat. How many can's you go through?
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 03:10 AM
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that looks great man! i too wish i had a lift to use, that must make things so much easier.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 03:11 AM
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Axle/Gears: 3.42 Eaton 7.625, 3.42 Zexel Torsen
wow, that looks awesome...
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 07:39 AM
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Looks excellent!
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 07:42 AM
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looking goog what torque arm is that???????
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 08:21 AM
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looking goog what torque arm is that???????
Looks like a Spohn... What i want to know is what exhaust u plan on running with that setup???
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 09:01 AM
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Looks good man, can't wait till i have a chance to get mine on a lift and do the same.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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I rattle canned my entire undercarraige with a semi gloss duplic color engine paint in the same fashion that bigdave did, and it looked awsome for about two months. The stuff ended up flaking and peeling off the floor boards and looks liek crap now.

While you still have it on the lift and before you get the urge to drive it, get some better paint - I wish I did!

The car looks like it is coming along nicely BTW, and we all got to see that nice driveshaft you spent so much time on .
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 11:33 AM
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Looks like a Spohn... What i want to know is what exhaust u plan on running with that setup???
I got a dual 3" exhaust on mine but the buddy that did it spent 3 days to figure out how to do it BTW, my headers are hooker super competition for big block
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 06:19 PM
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yes, it's a spohn tq arm, i used some hi temp paint actually from home depot. and i acetoned the whole undercarriage to make sure it will stick. 1 coat i used 4 cans. i still have 5 left. so another coat is in order. it will be a dual exhaust setup. either dual 2.5 or 3". have a guy come to the shop to do it. really good work. don't worry, when its done there will be many pics.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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i have a lift but i wish mine was a two post like that... that probably makes things soo much easier than a four post lift.. but im glad i have the lif it still helps a whole lot.

btw i sprayed my undercarriage with the undercoat stuff from walmart it is rubberized. it has held up real well for me although it doesnt look as good as a semi gloss but it has held up awesome.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 09:46 PM
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Looks nice!!
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by bigdavesiroc
yes, it's a spohn tq arm, i used some hi temp paint actually from home depot. and i acetoned the whole undercarriage to make sure it will stick. 1 coat i used 4 cans. i still have 5 left. so another coat is in order. it will be a dual exhaust setup. either dual 2.5 or 3". have a guy come to the shop to do it. really good work. don't worry, when its done there will be many pics.
Id love to see pics when u get the exhaust on there.... I have l/t's and purchased the spohn t/a but it wont work with my mufflex y-pipe and the car has eibach lowering springs so i dont think i have the clearance to run a true dual setup... Im thinking im gonna have to return it and run a different t/a ... Please keep us updated...
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Old Aug 12, 2006 | 02:16 PM
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well it goes off monday to get the exhaust done, so, hopefully within the week i'll have pics of the exhaust.
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Old Aug 12, 2006 | 02:53 PM
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Looks good ive been thinking of doing the same thing. Thats alot of prep work right there. should be alot of fun once you get her back on the road.

PPG has some 2k Black epoxy that im thinking of doing mine with. pretty tough stuff and its water proof. You can topcoat it with most anything if you want or need to. Its semi gloss.
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