does anyone know where i can get my car dipped in an acid tank and then have the factory e coat re-applied? looking for a location around indianapolis or southern illinois by st. louis

 

not sure about getting the "factory e-coat applied"....your best bet would be to either use a self etching primer or an epoxy primer......about as close to the factory e-coat as your going to get.

 

lol thats exactly what i just said in another post... are you copieing my words of advice? yea i know you should put epoxy primer down first on bare metal or even etch first then epoxy and then all your filler... been doing this for a while now but its just a b***h to corrosion protect ALL MY FRAME RAILS AND INNER FIREWALL! but beign said that im sectioning in new quarters its not at all hard to gain axcess to the inner quarter and B pillar supports to prime. just looking for an easier way thats all...

 

A whole car dipped is about $900 to $2500 range depends on who you talk to,end up going, the size of the car and what still on the car I.E doors, lid etc etc. Realistically id say a average is about $1600. Getting it E-coated is about the same price. you would pretty much want both done around the same time. 3rdgens have alot of unseen areas and overlaps so even if you got it dipped you would really want to have it ecoated, leaving any unseen area bare would do more harm then good.

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i found a place in indy called redi strip and they will do it for $1200- $1600 but as far as e- coat they spray a black "primer" but its not really e- coat. but i did find a place about an hour away that puts the car on a belt line and submerges it in a tank and then bakes it! thats exactly what i was looking for. now just need to waite till monday to call and get a price. thanks guys for your help!!!

 

good luck with that, we always epoxied or etched them...then baked them in the booth.

 

i know what you mean. i have $150000 spray downdraft booth and a $50000 prep deck

 

Muscle Car Restorations in WI will dip it and E Coat it. They're about the only ones I know of in the tri state area.

 

If you could post up ther info after you talk to them that would be great. I am looking into doing that on mine.

 

are u in the colision program at lincoln? lol im using the computers rights this very second here in the auto building

 

Ditto... I have a project that needs to be dipped and e-coated.

 

Considering its been 3 years since they posted, I doubt they ever had it done.

 

Wow so its been 3 years! Hard to believe but yes i took my car to redi strip in Indy and it took them 3 weeks bit only cost me $575 and i bought a gallon of epoxy primer for $150 and its still sitting in its epoxy primer on a car dolly and no rust issues. They even went inside my frame rails. Only thing i did not have them do was my roof because of warpage issues... mind you i had no floor pans, wheel tubs or quarters on it when i gave them the car. Bare body with no suspension. They had no problem with that.

 

Before and after

 

And then epoxy primed top and bottom

 

So all they did was dip it to strip it and then you had the primer sprayed on rather than dipped?

 

No i had them media blast the whole thing...then i hand sprayed it

 

Ahh...
Ok. Thanks!

 

I'm also looking for a place to dip my car near St. Louis. How did you get the epoxy in the frame rails?

 

There is a place that dips and coats close to STL on the IL side but I cant get ahold of my friend that knows who it is.
Don't think they have a website.

Edit: APC Metal Diping 618 476 3500 I don't know about the work they do so it would be best to call.

Another friend had his done here and is very happy with the work.
http://www.musclecarrestorations.com/index.php

 

That place looks great. Looks real top notch.

 

ACP Metal Cleaning
(618) 476-3500

308 S Jefferson St

Millstadt, IL 62260

 

I used a special spray gun that had a 5' flexible wand on the end that sprayed 360°. Quite simple.

 

Waite you guys are from stl. Too? Millstadt is like 30 mins from me actually. At the time i was stripping my car i was in college in indianapolis. We should all meet up sometime and take a cruise.

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/mid-...erson-stl.html

 

Ya I'm from the Columbia MO area but I travel to STL quite a bit. Only problem is I'm down in Alabama right now for Army helicopter school. Can't wait to get back to my Camaro!

 

Columbia...thats not thag far from stanton mo is it? My dad has his chainsaw carving shop in stanton going down towards the cave