Just finished this last night:

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It is actually red (same color as calipers) but it looks orange cause that light is so bright.

Questions? Comments? Insults?

 

Got any pics of it with the car on the ground? and how much clearence you still have?

 

Ill take pics and measurements today, but if this kinda answers your question... I have to stand quite a distance back to see them underneath the car.

 

perfect
I'm on the fence with painting them a color that stands out, asspecially on a White car.

how much of the SFC is below the pinch rail?

and doesnt painting upside down lick ***.

What kinda of paint did you use? I had tremclad, but must have done it wrong, cause it all flaked off in a matter of weeks.

 

sorry, I dont know what you mean by pinch rail

yes painting upside down sucks... especially when you have to do it twice (two coats)... and you can only see one side of the sfc. And because of that it took me four days.

The paint I used was definetly rustoleum, but I dont have the can. I think it was farm tractor red... it stands out nicely. It has lasted on my calipers to this point good too.

 

pinch rail, pinch weld, whatever people want to call it, the seam that sticks down that has the markings for the jack.

Were you thinking after you had them welded that you should have painted the top and were its not being welded BEFOR you had them welded on?
I made that mistake too, this time round I'm going to paint the whole thing and let them grind off where they are welding.
And going to wear them surgical gloves for painted the welded places, I hated getting the paint off my hands after.

Rustoleum, I thought that was jsut spray?

 

Im sorry dude, i still dont know what you mean... (im only 18, im not a genius yet) is it the thing that runs alongside the driveshaft?

About the painting... yea, but I bought the car with them on. What I didnt realize until I got under there to wirebrush them, is that they seem to have been painted black, and before that, red. What I dont understand is how paint could be so crappy, cause there was VERY little left of it... almost as if it were only painted in a few spots. Also this car has always been stored for winters. before pic of one side

Rustoleum is a brush on and spray... its very good paint... Something sets its apart from the rest, but I cant remember what... for some reason Im thinking its oil-based so that might be it.

 

here
www.speedinc.ca/pinch.jpg

that little piece of metal that kinda sticks down. runs the length of the car.

That befor pic is like what mine looked like after a couple weeks???
I think I jsut need to prep better this time.

 

LOL, ok... Id say 1/4" or less right on the edge... the inside part of the subframe connectors probably hang about 1" below that. (2" tops Im guessing, Ill go out and measure in a few)

 

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