Jeez have I been there....Good luck brother, don't let it make you crazy, that's your wife's job.
Jeez have I been there....Good luck brother, don't let it make you crazy, that's your wife's job.Good. Still freakin sanding. Found more spots that aren't flat enough and and been fixing them.
I was mainly thinking for my back wheels, I narrowed the rear two inches on each side. The normal backspacings is 6.5".You're going 5 lug correct? Anywho...most 9" wheels use a 5.5" backspacing if memory serves. An 8" uses 4.5" I believe. Been awhile since I looked. But I also just rembered I don't think they make a wheel that will fit the front other than a 4" wide (drag-street/strip)
I started reading your build from the beginning, I've popped in her end there on it in the last few months to see what you were doing.I used as little filler as possible in the engine bay. Grind the welds down as smoothly as you can. The filler should just fill the little pin holes left between welds, not create the smooth transition between the panels.
The only area where I have had cracking in the past is near the sway bar mounts and where they mount to the frame rail. I welded the hell out of of that area and made it a point to smooth the welds to perfection.
As long as you aren't using gobs of filler, you shouldn't have any issues.
That's beyond my means right now.
I've got a question for any and everybody. Have any of you used Eastwood's rust converter? I have some rust on my floor board that doesn't warrant to have the panel replaced, yet it needs to be addressed. I bought some already, so I'll see what it does one way or the other.
I just wanted to hear if anyone has had a negative experience with it in the past.
BTW, with the nice weather I'm taking a break from smoothing the engine bay and am going to seam seal the crap out of the interior. I'm also going to coat the undercarriage with POR 15. How many chances will I have for it to be in the mid 70's in February?
I was thinking most of these type of products would use some form of that. Eastwood says that it can be treated as a primered surface after it's done doing it's stuff. Sounds good, hope it is. I'll let you know after I use it tonight.I've never used the Eastwood stuff.. I've used Ospho, and Evaporust.. two very distinctly different products (from each other). They both work fantastically, not sure which the Eastwood product compares to.. @madmike1157 swears by muriatic acid, I believe.. says it's cheaper and more effective..
I was thinking most of these type of products would use some form of that. Eastwood says that it can be treated as a primered surface after it's done doing it's stuff. Sounds good, hope it is. I'll let you know after I use it tonight.
Thanks for the helpYeah, that sounds like the ospho type stuff. It changes the rust from iron oxide to a neutral iron phosphate i believe. Good stuff so long as the rust isn't real thick.
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