What's the reason not to go down to clean steal? Does it bond better that way?

And I was told that brushing it on works best and to spray the areas a brush can't get to, your thoughts?
Personally ild rather just spray it all as it would be easier. Then paint, then rust proof

Do they actually deal with the rust? I thought they were just rust proofing? Obviously rust proofing will be needed after the rust issue is addressed

I've been getting my truck fixed at the same place for about 8 years now and have been more than happy. A auto tech/mechanic you can trust is hard to find.

My ram 1500 has been having a problem with not going into overdrive and with harsh downshifts at times. They recomend a rebuild...it costs about what the truck is worth. I hardly use od just putting around neighborhoods, so I could live with it til it dies, but would like a place to get a second opinion before making any decisions.

Any recomendations in the indy and surrounding areas?

Well I plan to keep it 20 more years, so if I can't kill it I need to slow it down or mend it. Idealy if I knew better I woulnt hav the under body sprayed and reguarly wash it. My dad didn't believe in such things. His car is oler than me and stil kinda going, my ram 1500 is relatively fine. 43k miles and rust, damn 'merican shit

I'm dealing with rust issues on my 04 ram with only 43k miles....a lot underneath. I blame shitty american build...aswell as me never going through a car wash
Anywho, I've been looking into sanding it off and repainting/resurficing a lot under neath so the truck will last 20 more year.
I have little idea of the correct process. Once I get it off I'm sure I would need to paint it, or coat it in that stuff that turns rust back into metal etc. Same for the plow, but I fear grinding down areas that are welded or weaking other areas.
I've already had problem in the recent past with say my aliluminum wheels fusing to the steal hubs, or needs a tourch to get my wheel bearing out etc. I neglected it a lot underneath but want to make it right again.
I finally started spraing th shit out of it underneath when I finish plowing and plan to make trips to the carwash and getting the underbody spray about twice a month durng winter. After its al taken care of I plan to take it someplace that can rustproof it underneath and get th yearly refresh, or atleast protect what's left as best they can. But again I would need some guidence on even where to go for that.
Hell if the rust removal is too big for me ild even be open to paying some place if anyone has any recomendations or even a general area to start.

I even plan to start waxing it too!!! Gotta make these things last

That's amazing!!!
Did he machine and fab evrything or just the crankshaft?
And is it running off of gas too!?.?!?!

This also afirms why ill never retire lol, why awesome, I presume he yells at kids t get off his perfect overly manicured lawn too


I do want one though

Get a countach already!!

auction ressults in the last few year show mostly under 200k. 165-195 range. With these cars and so few of them there can be a larger swing depending on color and miles.

That is a great review! Its amazing how ahead of the time it was and home many firsts the car had, and its stil fast as hell today.
Pics don't do the car justice in person. Its so much more low and sleek in person. It is definitely a long car, but 1 inch narrower than the diablo, so I don't get the complaints about width, that seems to be a british only thing anyways.

I think the one is saw is over priced, I got him down to 250k, but that's still high, especially with an XJ220S being sold this year for 230k (including all fees) and they only made 6 of those, on is tom walkinshawss car. From what I can garner one should go for 175-200 tops, and less for cars over 6k or s miles. Greg barrets sold at auctions for 137 back in 09 I think, they've come up some since, but not much. I'm looking very closely into two right now.

Fun fact, if you look closely at the body panels you will notice the front bumper, front fenors, side skirts, rear fendors, and rear bumper, as well as the thin section above the window is one peice. One!!!! So any fendor bender will be an utter bitch to fix, as will a clear bra or wrap to install without seams! I remember on viper the ho was one peice and so hard to make exact half were scraped, and thus cost like 13k. I can't even imagine what an xj220 body panel like that costs!! If they even have any left lieing around

Lol, that's cute