pretty soon im gonna strip the entire truck and sandblast the frame. my friend who does truck frames says 2 heavy coats of self-etching primer then 3 heavy coats "mack" black chassis paint

what do you all think?

any suggestions

thanks

 

When and if I ever do a body off paint job I plan to lineX or Rhino liner the chassis. But things up here are a little different, we have HEAVY salting on the roads to deal with. I've heard of guys in our area doing it with good success so yeah, if I get the chance, I'll be going that route.

As for the chassis paint, I really can't give input I don't know a lot about it.

 

never even thought of that. darn good idea, im sure it would be pricy

 

on the 91 we POR-15'd the whole frame right over the rust and everything, 2 coats

 

POR-15, talk about pricey!

 

Yeah, but its good stuff.

 

Look at www.kbscoatings.com

I've used por 15 and I am very unhappy about the results after a few years. It peels off, crazy.. I used KBS on my restore of my 92 and it is muche better I feel. the offer a chasis saver kit. Good luck and save up some cash, your gonna need it!!

 

I had the crew cab frame sand blasted by my local blaster who used Sherwin-Williams industrial primer and industrial black. This was done to the bare frame with only the engine crossmember and the two last crossmembers in place. I then applied 3M paintable undercoating to the inside of the frame rails and all of the crossmembers. I'm pondering the idea of coating the remaining surfaces with a harder paintable bed liner coating but I haven't decided at this point in time. This was also a 2WD to 4WD conversion. Pictures from yesterday attached.

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i just bought some of the Kbs rust stop kit im gonna try it on the 04 see how it works yea it is alittle pricey, but so is a new truck if it works money well spent in my book

 

i would think rhino and bed liner coatings if they got loose they would totally hide where your frame was being ate by tin worm

 

thanks for all the info

im liking the ksb blacktop chassis coating. think 2 quarts will do the entire frame? id be spraying it three times

 

i couldnt find a reducer on their page either, would you use thinner in this case?

 

They offer a thinner, I purchased it when I thought I was gonna spray my underside of the cab. I ended up just brushing it on.

 

I am looking at powder coating frame if time let's me strip it down completly

 

i think powder would be the cheapest