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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 08:16 PM
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After coating the undercarriage of a 1970 with lizard skin I plan on spraying the frame with semi gloss black and was thinking of doing the floor boards with flat black but if I was to make it look more "correct" should I go with dark grey to reflect the natural fiberglass a little more? Wheel wells I guess will be flat black...or maybe something with more shine?

What about rubberized coating over lizard skin and THEN paint?

Pictures of your undercarriage would be great!
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Wheel wells, engine compartment walls, and interior black trim items are painted satin black or semi-flat black....not flat black. The undercarriage [bare] fiberglass is sort of a semi-gloss gray, so if you paint that area, that's what you might want to use.
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Used LizardSkin then "tintable" U-Pol raptor bed liner to seal the undercarriage... You could tint this gray, but it does have a texture to it, like the LS...





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I clean the floors then paint with satin clear looks original but won't absorb oils easy to keep clean.
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Wheel wells, engine compartment walls, and interior black trim items are painted satin black or semi-flat black....not flat black. The undercarriage [bare] fiberglass is sort of a semi-gloss gray, so if you paint that area, that's what you might want to use.
hmmmmm...gray would look very nice indeed with the contrasting semi-gloss frame, just not a lot of options out there for gray automotive spray paint, not a lot of shades either

And Ill probably go with the rubberized undercoating if it can give me a nice smooth texture
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I clean the floors then paint with satin clear looks original but won't absorb oils easy to keep clean.
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Very Nice Undercarrage, Mark!!
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Very Nice Undercarrage, Mark!!


Very clean looking...

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If anyone has done their floor with gray....I would love to get a brand and part number and pictures if available. Spent the morning searching for some solutions but not much out there....
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Originally Posted by mark6669
I clean the floors then paint with satin clear looks original but won't absorb oils easy to keep clean.
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WOW!Looks great
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How about springs? I believe they originally were grayish? If I cast blast them, do you guys think the finish wont crack due to the spring flex? What type of paint should I use so it travels with the spring movement and does not crack?

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How about springs? I believe they originally were grayish? If I cast blast them, do you guys think the finish wont crack due to the spring flex? What type of paint should I use so it travels with the spring movement and does not crack?

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Original finish was low gloss med gray on rear hard to find have used gloss and coated with matte clear looks very close. The paint flexes just fine.
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If anyone has done their floor with gray....I would love to get a brand and part number and pictures if available. Spent the morning searching for some solutions but not much out there....
I have a 66 that was painted with gloss black Imron when I bought it I had the paint store mix a dark gray and flatten it for me it looks pretty good NCRS judges never caught it! Next time I get it on a lift I'll post a picture.
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What's the bedliner material on the floorboards going to do for you? If anything I would think it would reduce your resale when you go to sell it down the road.
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