Nothing better than spending $10 dollars on two cans of gloss black and taking a little time on a Saturday afternoon doing a nice do it yourself project to get the truck looking nice and glossy underneath!
I've always wondered what doing what you did and inside the wheel wells with a matte or semigloss finish would do. Mines only leveled, not lifted like yours so you dont see as much up front, but you can see the rear axle in a car behind it.
It always sucks to have the truck all cleaned and waxed up looking good, but you see inside the wheel wells to the frame, axles, and suspension components with surface rust on them and the plastic inner fenders all splotchy with different colors. My truck is black so the underside really sticks out against the black glossy paint. It'd be nice to use a real rust stopper and preventer on it too.
I agree. That is probably one of my biggest pet peeves about guys with big trucks. The outside of the truck and wheels are nice and clean, then the undercarriage is just horrible with dirt/mud/rust/etc.
Yup. And I'd clean off the grease dirt and oil if I were you...no way that paints gonna stick to that for long. Part of the reason I haven't gotten around to mine, spend to much time off road and not enough time cleaning the underside of my truck.
Let me add that I hate Ford's driveshafts!!!! Those things rust so bad it is rediculous. My truck has only been driven in the rain say 7-10 times since I bought it new in 06 and the driveshaft was just horrible. I hate chevy trucks but at least they have nice aluminum look to theres.
Looks good! about every 2-2.5 years, I spray the underneath of mine with a degreaser, and go over the dirty spots with a stiff brissel brush. The the rattle canning starts. I just use the flat black to keep it dark. Deffinatly Krylon Rust paint.
Yea that definitely looks good. How long did it take. I plan on doing that to my truck in the Spring. No sense to do it now since Maryland trows down way to much salt in the winter.
Thanks, I spent umm 4 hrs, with a few little breaks in there. Just real ccareful not to get on exhaust or on back side of wheels. Taping out and lining inside of wheels with towls took the longest. Underneath I used a big piece of cardboard so that spray would not go everywhere when I was spraying up for the driveshafts.
If they were anything like todays frames, they are flat/matte finish.
I don't think I'm gonna go with glossy. I want it too look good, but not be an attention grabber. Flat black may be an attention getter too, so I think a good matte or semigloss paint would look good. I actually want to spend the time cleaning and painting it so absolutely nobody notices it and they spend the time looking at the rest of the truck instead of the underside because its glossy or rusty.:hehe:
Don't get me wrong. Yours looks great tcgordy, just more of a garage queen look.
A paint you can spray on rust that stops rust and prevents it is a must too. I guess Krylon fits that bill.
I dont know, just always been a Krylon guy, there stuff holds up to a lot of beating and banging. Closest spray paint ive found to powdercoat as far as on ATV's and such.
If they were anything like todays frames, they are flat/matte finish.
I don't think I'm gonna go with glossy. I want it too look good, but not be an attention grabber. Flat black may be an attention getter too, so I think a good matte or semigloss paint would look good. I actually want to spend the time cleaning and painting it so absolutely nobody notices it and they spend the time looking at the rest of the truck instead of the underside because its glossy or rusty.:hehe:
Don't get me wrong. Yours looks great tcgordy, just more of a garage queen look.
A paint you can spray on rust that stops rust and prevents it is a must too. I guess Krylon fits that bill.
Yea that definitely looks good. How long did it take. I plan on doing that to my truck in the Spring. No sense to do it now since Maryland trows down way to much salt in the winter.
i dont have time atm. maybe i can make it a christmas break or spring break project. ill remove the bed again for the back half but still figurin out the part under the cab. but i want the rust GONE! or covered lol
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