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[WhiteA9XS]

while the box and diff is out is a good excuse to clean and respray under the hatch
can someone advise if the floorpan under car is totally the same colour as exterior or should there be black along the chassis rails and outer pans , looks like under the guards should be black or body deadner too ...

can someone please confirm , help appreciated thanks

[LXM21]

mine appears to have some body overspray just reaching under the car, thence black. In the wheel arch area it is a black "licorise" type colour. I suppose it just how much overspray they got on the production line !!

[lakeside]

i'm sure, no paint

[WhiteA9XS]

thanks guys , i have started sanding back and it looks like exterior body colour underneath completely

[REDA9X]

the whole under car is basically black and then lots of body colour overspray.

[WhiteA9XS]

shites now you tell me red !!! thanks anyhow

[TerrA LX]

body color here on floor pan and the rest is black and deadner

Edited by ALX76, 23 March 2007 - 01:01 AM.

[WhiteA9XS]

looks like i stuffed up , oh well will redo on the weekend

ok should it be gloss or satin black ?

https://cache.gmh-to...a8/102_0667.jpg

[REDA9X]

glossy, obviously unbuffed but a glossy look, similar to the boot basically as it's the same batch of paint.

[WhiteA9XS]

ok , this is what had me believe the undercarriage was originally body colour (palias white) when i started sanding and cleaning , there is white body paint everywhere under the black as if as though somebody had painted black over the original factory white ... so stuffed if i,m convinced yet ..

https://cache.gmh-to...a8/102_0650.jpg

[REDA9X]

LXSS5000, you'll find if you gave it a good scrub it will come up glossier than that.
Underfloor area and boot were painted at the factory in what was described as (funny enough) underfloor and boot black, translated into Tuxedo black which now is midnight black. The problem is the vat of black paint at the factory also acted as the "dumping vat" of left over paint at the end of the day, so you'll find it has a green tinge to it. I believe the factory may have given the cars a light coat of the colour all over before spraying the floor and boots black. I've never had a close enough look but I'd say it could actually be that the colour along the sides is not infact overspray, but the black is roughly sprayed on and not masked over the colour but concentrated in the tunnel area. Have a look in the wheel arch areas, thats painted black over the colour for sure. Once my mates shed and hoist are up I'll have a look. Looking at your black, it's been redone for sure at some stage, it comes right to the sills on your car.

[REDA9X]

I've scrubbed mine clean and in the tunnel area it's certainly more gloss than flat

[WhiteA9XS]

i double checked tonight with the area i left unpainted under were the fuel tank bolts on and is definately body white with no signs of black under the white and the white looks original factory , mondie was there to help confirm ..

i,m convinced body colour underneath from factory

maybe this is an a9x hatch thing and painted after the patch panel was installed

ttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j282/torana8/102_0649.jpg

[REDA9X]

mine is body colour under the tank too

I didn't polish it yella, and it certainly wouldn't buff up with the cleaning I did, beside the tunnel area was already nice and clean.

[WhiteA9XS]

thanks guys for your inputs and suggestions , i have decided after much thought to leave as body colour
the finished product

https://cache.gmh-to...a8/102_0679.jpg

Edited by 830hp, 24 March 2007 - 07:31 PM.

[REDA9X]

Ha!!

I keep telling you REDBITS.

Your car is a fake.

For a start it has 2 to many doors.

haha, ah yeah but 2 things you forget, yours is a cut and shut and it's off the road