Thanks all.
I will install sound/heat shield to the interior and just keep my fenders
clean drain holes open.
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
> I live in Hong Kong which is tropical. There is no substitute for a very
> good coat of paint, preferably with a zinc undercoating or galvanization.
> Undercoating is a recipe for disaster. Waxoyl is a good idea for the
> chassis.
>
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 1:52 AM, I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The question to undercoat or not has been going through my mind. I live in
>> a
>> very wet place, my frame is still red from the original body color, now
>> blue/white.
>> I also like the sound deadening aspects of undercoating.
>> Opinions?
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM, <Editorgary@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> > In a message dated 6/3/11 10:04:45 AM, healeys-request@autox.team.net
>> > writes:
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > I am pretty sure I saw that my OEW BJ8 was painted black in the inner
>> > > fender
>> > > wells per the Concours Guidelines (which is thousands of miles away at
>> > the
>> > > moment). My car seems to be that way, but was it brushed or sprayed?
>> And
>> > a
>> > > satin black or real flat or just like the radiator cross braces.
>> > > Ken Freese
>> > > 65 BJ8
>> > >
>> >
>> > No, not true. The only instances of OEW cars having black underbody is
>> > early BN1s. After that, the cars were painted once and only once, body
>> > color.
>> > (oversprayed coves on two-tones). The only circumstances under which a
>> > white
>> > car would have black fender wells would be with a dealer-applied
>> > undercoating
>> > (which we do not recommend replacing) or a sloppy restoration.
>> >
>> > Gary
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