Thread: Under side!

Tweet

Well I thought I would dress up underneath of my truck in a few days for the fun of it... I undercoated most of the frame from the front just passed the middle of the frame and floors and ran out so when I go back I want to buy some sweet looking silver paint for my rear end and my drive line since the drive line (can't think of the name right now I am guessing that's it) is rusted pretty good so I wanna sand it down and paint it to seal it up and make it look good since I am the only one that looks under the truck anyways so I am the only person it matters too hehe. Any idea's of good spray paint to do this with? Or do they make some good looking chrome spray paint that won't peel off in a month or so and actually last a little while? I have engine paint which is Ford Blue but it's the darker Ford blue not that light blue and I was going to do it in that but I think silver will look better and then use chrome for the differential in the rear.

So any info on good spray can paint for this is greatly appreciated.. Oh yeah silver and chrome both is what I wan't.
Thanks a lot!

FMX Try and buy a paint that is specified as a "chassis paint" like "Eastwood" sells. Many of the silver coloured paints that you can buy are not that great at holding out moisture. There is no real "chrome" looking paint that you can buy without a mortgage, however I would suggest that if you are going to buy paint locally that you go to a hardware store and buy spray cans of enamel spray paint for use on exterior metal railings---it will be silver coloured and have some durability.

Sounds like a job for rustoleum professional spray bomb!!

What about some Engine paint Brian? If not then I will go to the hardware store and buy the railing paint that you mentioned. I think they have Silver Engine Paint and I am sure that will seal pretty good since it's heat resistant, etc so it must be strong.
Also is it true that undercoated is crappy stuff and not what they say it is? I hear that it doesn't seal moisture, that it's pointless to put over frames, etc because all it does is just cover up crap...

Is this true as well?
Thanks!

Heat paint will work if u got a torch to heat up the ceramics so it turns hard, actully a lighter will cure the ceramics. Also, I learned a trick when doing exzaust's, if you use 1,200 degree heat paint on an exzaust, it will look nicer and last longer, don't use 500 deg engine paint, I learned the hard way, on my chevy, I used 1,200 deg aluminum colored paint, and then I put some Ford red 500 deg paint over, thinking the 1,200 would take the heat so the red wouldn't. Yesterday when we were taking my Chevy back from my grandparents, and got to my hill, which 90% of is like a 60 degree angle, we were taking it slow and the exzaust was getting hot because we wearn't going very fast, the passenger compartment was filling up with weird smelling blackish smoke, I thought there was a fire but, we kept going because we would have had a better chance of putting it out if it was at the house, so we got passed the hill and a minuite or 2 after doing 30, smoke cleared, got home and, the exzaust was compleatly char black, it wasn't on fire but, the paint was/ is sorta crispy but, some places I cleaned, the silver shows through.

Ok thanks for the tip Matt. I put engine paint on my master cylinder in the engine compartment to match the Ford Blue motor, it looks really nice. I'll post some pics of everything I did to my engine the past two weeks, it looks 10 times better than it did before... It better since I just put about 700 bucks into the motor and then 160 into the radiator and then another 150-200 into small things like hoses, antifreeze, etc.

Matts right---for any exhaust manifold parts, use 1200 to 1500 degree paint especially made for that purpose. An engine block, heads, and intake manifold does not get hot enough to burn paint off. I have painted them with enamel, one-shot sign painters enamel, spray cans of engine paint from auto suppliers, even high end base clear paint, some sprayed on, some brushed on, and it all stayed on. Just be sure to degrease and clean the engine very well before you paint---sand everything with light sandpaper, steel wool, and /or Scotchbrite pads before you paint.

That tough "Rino hyde" truck box liner paint might be what your after,,i had it sprayed in the box of my F150,,and it is what they say it is,,,tough as nails, takes a of hit with a hammer to scratch through it.