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**JoeliusZ28** · March 16th, 2009, 12:14 PM

your engine bay is gonna be so nice. I seriously want to drop my engine out just to do that.

**meissen** · March 16th, 2009, 12:17 PM

Don't get too envious, this IS rattle can after all and not a real paint job. Worst part is that the paint brush was like... disintegrating while I was painting the POR15 on the driver's side so I have bristles embedded into the paint that I have to sand/cut out.

**DETROITMUSCLE** · March 16th, 2009, 01:17 PM

also as for the sawzall just buy a pneumatic die grinder with a cut off wheel it'll take seconds vs. hours of cutting

**meissen** · March 16th, 2009, 01:19 PM

Yeah - that definitely sounds like it'd do the trick!

**JoeliusZ28** · March 16th, 2009, 03:19 PM

Originally posted by meissen View Post

Don't get too envious, this IS rattle can after all and not a real paint job. Worst part is that the paint brush was like... disintegrating while I was painting the POR15 on the driver's side so I have bristles embedded into the paint that I have to sand/cut out.

haha i hate that - i have stray bristles all over my undercarriage too.

**meissen** · March 16th, 2009, 03:20 PM

Yeah. Worst discovery was yesterday - I discovered 5 [rust] bubbles in the paint just below my gas door.

**JoeliusZ28** · March 16th, 2009, 03:24 PM

ooooo. thats what we call budget creep.

**98blackbeauty** · March 16th, 2009, 04:08 PM

Originally posted by DETROITMUSCLE View Post

Did you guys try heating up the bushing and then putting a ratchet on the bolt and turning it without the nut on? We did this on one of my k-member bolts and it broke up the rust pretty good and then the bolt came out. It may be worth a try.

No way to get torch or heat to the bushing. Frame and mount in the way. We hardly had room to get sawzaw in there.

**MP81** · March 16th, 2009, 06:30 PM

Originally posted by meissen View Post

Yeah. Worst discovery was yesterday - I discovered 5 [rust] bubbles in the paint just below my gas door.

That sucks.

Darn. Guess Red Alert will just have to get a new paint job...

Mine started developing bubbles in the bottom front corner of the driver door before it was hit. Just before it was, you could see the color of rust coming through...

...when it was hit, that little section literally broke right off...

**meissen** · March 16th, 2009, 07:40 PM

Yeah, I'm going to see how much I can get to from the inner wheel well - maybe I can POR-15 the inside.

Sucks a lot, though. I don't/won't have the money for a paint job. Just plain and simple.

**my95z28** · March 16th, 2009, 07:46 PM

Eek, that sucks B. Hope it isn't too bad underneath. 1/4 replacement is VERY expensive. Ask me how I know.

**MP81** · March 16th, 2009, 08:06 PM

Originally posted by my95z28 View Post

Eek, that sucks B. Hope it isn't too bad underneath. 1/4 replacement is VERY expensive. Ask me how I know.

Ask me as well.

Hopefully it's nothing serious...

**meissen** · March 16th, 2009, 08:37 PM

Positive news, progress today. The pics were taken while there was still some primer spots showing - I used one and a half cans laying down ONE coat alone.

After dinner I went and finished the first coat so it's actually all looking pretty damn good.

**MP81** · March 16th, 2009, 08:45 PM

That paint in the bay looks great!!!

**s.reef** · March 16th, 2009, 08:51 PM

its looking very good brian!

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