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Im restoring a 73 GTV, front to back. Just completed the front suspension and now have the rear fully disassembled. I'm working towards rolling shell status before giving the car to the body shop. While I have the rear fully disassembled, including dropping the gas tank, I've been cleaning the road grime off the undercarriage to see where there is rust. Luckily things look pretty good rear of the floors.
When I cleaned up the front wheel wells I POR15'd the rust spots and then Wurth Undersealed the entire wheel wells. The process was relatively clean. I'm can't speak to durability, but the Wurth product came widely recommended. One thing that is slightly curious is that about 2 months after spraying it, it still feels gooey and a bit wet. Normal?
Is there any reason to use a different process for the rear wheel wells and undercarriage around the diff/gas tank etc? I would consider having the underside professionally undercoated but it will be a lot more difficult with the rear suspension in place.
EDIT - If the pics aren't obvious, I found bare (primed) metal above and around the diff, and original body color (tan) + red overspray on some sort of rubbery undercoating in the wheelwells.
some pics of what I've found upon cleaning up...
Im restoring a 73 GTV, front to back. Just completed the front suspension and now have the rear fully disassembled. I'm working towards rolling shell status before giving the car to the body shop. While I have the rear fully disassembled, including dropping the gas tank, I've been cleaning the road grime off the undercarriage to see where there is rust. Luckily things look pretty good rear of the floors.
When I cleaned up the front wheel wells I POR15'd the rust spots and then Wurth Undersealed the entire wheel wells. The process was relatively clean. I'm can't speak to durability, but the Wurth product came widely recommended. One thing that is slightly curious is that about 2 months after spraying it, it still feels gooey and a bit wet. Normal?
Is there any reason to use a different process for the rear wheel wells and undercarriage around the diff/gas tank etc? I would consider having the underside professionally undercoated but it will be a lot more difficult with the rear suspension in place.
EDIT - If the pics aren't obvious, I found bare (primed) metal above and around the diff, and original body color (tan) + red overspray on some sort of rubbery undercoating in the wheelwells.
some pics of what I've found upon cleaning up...
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