U-Pol Raptor Chassis

[rickdulas]

Here's mine.. not galved, but a 30 year old chassis, blasted, 2 coats of primer and 1 coat of raptor.. probably outlast me, for about £600

[paime]

That Raptor looks quite nice but Peaklander's rear cross member is the look i'm going for. The chassis rails can have brush strokes on them, that doesn't bother me too much but the majorly visible bits need to look nice and smooth.

Stupid question re galv, does it affect my earthing points at all?

[Scotts90]

No, galv won't affect your earths...loads of primer and raptor etc will if it's not cleaned off to allow good metal to metal contact for earth straps.

[landroversforever]

On 8/26/2018 at 6:48 PM, joe1 said:

I can guarantee that never happens on my vehicles! - the idea is not to leave gallons sloshing around the chassis but just a thin coating.

Any amount of it is going to end up being washed off and end up on the road though. 

[gerrymc123]

The idea behind the video

On 8/27/2018 at 8:22 AM, paime said:

That Raptor looks quite nice but Peaklander's rear cross member is the look i'm going for. The chassis rails can have brush strokes on them, that doesn't bother me too much but the majorly visible bits need to look nice and smooth.

Stupid question re galv, does it affect my earthing points at all?

In that case you may as well save yourself a hefty sum by buying the Corroless paint in the video I posted earlier because that's who Buzzweld buys it product from before rebranding it Buzzweld.

[Peaklander]

Interesting. Do they simply rebrand or use it as an ingredient?

[gerrymc123]

According to Arc-Rite it's the same stuff re-branded....watch the video I posted earlier.

[paime]

So, thanks to what can only be described as a miracle, my beloved Daisy has passed her MOT for another year. I know full well that she won't take a weld next year so i'll have to sort the chassis out at some point along the line but it does give me plenty of time to sort her underside bits out whilst she's still on the road rather than all at once. With that in mind i'm going to slowly start refurbing axles, panhard rods etc over the next 6 months but what paint is best to use? Ideally i'll get all the loose bits and mud off first of all and then give it a heavy duty coat of something, but what paint to use? I'll probably not be able to get everything spotlessly clean and debri-free so it'll need to be fairly forgiving. A black matt is preferred.