POR15 Chassis Coating... Your Thoughts?

81malibu329

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Aug 1, 2012
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I was planning on doing a frame off resto on my '81. I plan to fix a few small problem areas on the frame and then coat it. Has anyone used the POR-15 Chassis Coating? Is it different than the normal coating? How many quarts would I need to do a coupe frame? Is there any other products that are better?
 

81malibu329

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Really? It guarantees that the rust is gone forever. Isn't it some sort of chemical reaction? I could see it not working if it wasn't prepped properly...
 

DANZ87MCSS

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I just spend a night scrapping off all pos15 on my frame... That stuff is junk. Peel.s off like dried skin. Do a search, not too many guys like it. I never had good luck with it... Even bought their prep kit, didnt help!
Poweder coat or rattle can, you'll thank me in the long run!
 

81malibu329

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Does this go for the chassis coating or for all of their products?
 

LS6 Tommy

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Not arguing with the above negative statements, but we never had any issues with the regular POR15 on the old GT1 car. Of course, it was only driven about 20 hours a year on a closed racecourse...
Tommy
 

DonM

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My opinion of POR15 is after application it looks too shiny and gives the impression it is really thick and "goopy". I used Eastwood Extreme Chassis black with the recommended primer and I am really happy with it. Sure it is rattle can but it has the right sheen to it and in the process of putting my car back together appears to be a very hard durable paint. I have nothing against powdercoating but my biggest concern about powdercoating is what would happen if it did chip or flake off. How do you "touch that up"? At least with paint I have the option of masking the car off and touching things up. Here is a pic of my frame. I am on the final stretch of a frame off and stripped my frame down to nothing, had it sandblasted and then I painted it. I started with a frame I purchased from Desert Valley Auto parts that was 1001% rust free.

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malicad

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I have a powdercoated frame on one of my Malibus, and on one of the other ones, I did POR15 on the entire floorpan, after removing any rust that was there, then using their metal prep. Yes, it's shiny, but I wanted the protection this stuff gives against RUST. It's going to be under carpet anyway. If you prep the base material correctly, it will last a lifetime. I did my parent's steel mailbox post probably 10 years ago or so with POR15. Lightly topcoated with Rustoleum semi-gloss black afterwards (after a light sanding per the instructions). Still looks like I just did it. Wisconsin winters with all the salt by the end of the road, too, splashing it all the time, and getting rained on etc...

I'll use it again, but I like powdercoating on chassis parts and my frame. If you do all the labor taking the body and suspension parts off the frame, just have it powdercoated. Touch up any rock chips with brushable Rustoleum. Thing is, you won't get many chips, because it's tougher than paint anyway...
 

81malibu329

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My biggest concern is rust. I don't want to worry about it ever rusting out once the car is on the road. This vehicle will be my daily driver, I'm not really concerned with the chassis being too shiny. I'm not sure if there are places nearby that do powercoating or how much more it would cost me. I'd like to have something stronger on the frame than the factory undercoating. I've seen that stuff come off with brake cleaner.
 

78blkbu

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I personally wouldn't powdercoat like previously stated, reason being if you ever have to add/weld anything to the frame you are going to have to grind your money right off. I powdercoated the rearend and when i added anti-roll bar i ended up having to remove it. I sandblasted my frame in my driveway, then blew the frame off really well, rolled it into the garage and sprayed a bare metal primer first. I then picked up a case of undercoating from the local autobody supply store, I'm talking about the large cans with the plastic spray tube. The undercoat layed down virtually texture free when used with the straw, you are going to have to practice on something first to get an idea how the undercoat is going to get the right texture and the distance to achieve it. After a liberal coat inside and out I sprayed SEM Chassis black right over within 24 hrs. You can spray this right out of the quart can or dillute it with thinner and it will stay a little wetter when spraying the entire frame. Came out awesome and i have had to allready fix all spots that my new 10 pt cage tied into the frame.
 

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