import_trung
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Undersealing 101
My friend asked me to underseal his car for him, as he had read that the ukdm EP3 have none/very little underseal, (Hondaâs cost cutting measures) and did not want his pride any joy rusting beneath him.
So he dropped the car off with me, and I got to it.
Before
so I started off by stripping off all the unnecessary parts ie. Heatshields, wheel arch liners, mud guards etc etc.
as you can see the rear wheel fabric arch liner was Hondaâs way of cheap wheel arch protectant, and is a storage yard for moisture and dirt which would soon start causing rust.
In the bin it went, and along came some proper wheel arch protection.
With the everything removed, it was time to jet wash the underside at 60deg C.
once washed, it was back onto the ramp for high pressure air line drying to get rid of ALL moisture and and dirt debris which had not come off during washing. This process takes about 1.5hours to dry every square inch, every nook and cranny so that the underseal can be applied properly
Wet
dry
now it was time to wrap up everything that wasnât going to be coated in underseal
even though this car was only an 04 plate, the exhaust bolts has rusted and rounded off so much that I couldnât remove the b pipe.i managed to remove the back box, but ended up breaking the bolts
once wrapped It was time to apply the first of 2 products. Both applications were applied by schutz gun.
Because the car was fairly new, and hadnât been living in salty town, the car was rust free. Had the car been rusting on the underside, I would have treated the rust with converust rc900.
corromax 3125 is the first coat. For use in box sections & pre-application of underbody wax. Capable of good penetration into crevices and joints it penetrates through rust. Dries to leave a brown, waxy, water-repellent protective film giving excellent rust protection.
CAR 4941 is the second coat. corrosion preventive fluid which provides long term resistance against corrosion and abrasion, even under severe conditions. Provides a tough elastic waxy protective coating giving a high degree of protection.
after
heres the before and after shots for comparison
My friend asked me to underseal his car for him, as he had read that the ukdm EP3 have none/very little underseal, (Hondaâs cost cutting measures) and did not want his pride any joy rusting beneath him.
So he dropped the car off with me, and I got to it.
Before
so I started off by stripping off all the unnecessary parts ie. Heatshields, wheel arch liners, mud guards etc etc.
as you can see the rear wheel fabric arch liner was Hondaâs way of cheap wheel arch protectant, and is a storage yard for moisture and dirt which would soon start causing rust.
In the bin it went, and along came some proper wheel arch protection.
With the everything removed, it was time to jet wash the underside at 60deg C.
once washed, it was back onto the ramp for high pressure air line drying to get rid of ALL moisture and and dirt debris which had not come off during washing. This process takes about 1.5hours to dry every square inch, every nook and cranny so that the underseal can be applied properly
Wet
dry
now it was time to wrap up everything that wasnât going to be coated in underseal
even though this car was only an 04 plate, the exhaust bolts has rusted and rounded off so much that I couldnât remove the b pipe.i managed to remove the back box, but ended up breaking the bolts
once wrapped It was time to apply the first of 2 products. Both applications were applied by schutz gun.
Because the car was fairly new, and hadnât been living in salty town, the car was rust free. Had the car been rusting on the underside, I would have treated the rust with converust rc900.
corromax 3125 is the first coat. For use in box sections & pre-application of underbody wax. Capable of good penetration into crevices and joints it penetrates through rust. Dries to leave a brown, waxy, water-repellent protective film giving excellent rust protection.
CAR 4941 is the second coat. corrosion preventive fluid which provides long term resistance against corrosion and abrasion, even under severe conditions. Provides a tough elastic waxy protective coating giving a high degree of protection.
after
heres the before and after shots for comparison
