hi im waiten for my new chassis to turn up,been told sometime next week fingers crossed,but was wondering if anyones seen a painted white chassis only im thinking of doing mine white,im thinking the the defenders under carage is a beautiful thing so show it of with maybe red axles yellow rods and blue springs and shocks,what you think to much?
Flossie
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Vauxhall star silver cob.
discomania
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A lot of the the transit tipper/flatbed chassis and similar vehicles seem to have white chassis, to be honest they look great when they are brand new, nice and clean, but after about a year they look really tired and the rust starts around every opening in the chassis and around mountings and things and the white just show it off really badly.
Silver looks good, but when the transport companies used silver it wasn't just silver paint, it was a super high zinc content chromate base paint that was specifically designed for chassis and it was rock solid. It costs about £100 a gallon for the proper stuff, silver paint won't do anything better than any other standard paint so go for the right stuff.
On the coloured axles and rods and things, I think you are just creating a lot of work for yourself and I bet you paint it all out black within a couple of years anyway - unless you are going to keep it garaged as a show vehicle then I would go for your silver chassis if you wish and black for everything else.
shocker
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You could try asking a specialist industrial paint company like Tri-Mite to make up an exciting coloured paint with the formulation of HGV Chassis Black.
One Goods Vehicle Testing Station I used years ago had a thing about chassis paint and got all bent out of shape if they suspected there was anything other than official Chassis Black on the lorry being tested. I used to tell them that there was copious Chassis Black on there. It was just underneath all the hammerite, etc.
One Goods Vehicle Testing Station I used years ago had a thing about chassis paint and got all bent out of shape if they suspected there was anything other than official Chassis Black on the lorry being tested. I used to tell them that there was copious Chassis Black on there. It was just underneath all the hammerite, etc.
discomania
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Nope, I think it would be too hard to be honest, might crack/chip and let water in.
Gravitex would be a good option.
discomania
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Does indeed look smart! If I could be bothered stripping mine down again I would contemplate stripping it back, Gravitexing it and then zinc rich 'silver' paint and 2k top coat it.
If you think about it, over the years theres been many land rovers with red/yellow chassis and same colour shocks etc and after a few years they look scabby. and the red/yellow aerosols are rubbish at coverage always looking very poor, now silver aerosols cover really well especially if you use the alloy/silver wheels type.
i new it would be good idea asking you guys,im going silver,havent found a silver chassis paint yet tho? i still really want to colour up the axles and other bits was going to use raptor on those but think i will prob go black,its only going to be a toy for the summer and yes it will be garaged
Shippers
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You will not get a durable finish with any spray paint thinned down on underbody metal as said before it will look crap very soon round fixings,stone chips and anywhere else that gets thin coverage,the white chassis I mentioned in my post was powder coated not thinned down hammerite,as for springs etc powder coating or plastic dipped I think is the only way but prep and finishing would be in my opinion not cost effective, when you see the offroaders in the mag's with multi-coloured chassis and suspension parts they're not done with rattle cans it's serious Wonga.
