66 Mustang Restomod Project

[Motorcitydak]

I am looking for some advice here. I am thinking of undercoating all of this sheet metal with bedliner and painting over the top. Do any of you have experience and some pros and cons of this approach? My wife wants me to coat the inside since it will be hidden under the upholstery.

I painted over lizard skin since I used it on the floor pans and it would see foot traffic. Bedliner is a different animal though. It’s meant for abuse. Other than color, I don’t see a reason to paint over it. Even if you wanted a different color, you can get tintable raptor liner or something similar. Especially if it’ll be under upholstery, and on the inside of the car, I’d say just paint it with something to cover the bare metal to stop rust.

[Threepointtwo]

I painted over lizard skin since I used it on the floor pans and it would see foot traffic. Bedliner is a different animal though. It’s meant for abuse. Other than color, I don’t see a reason to paint over it. Even if you wanted a different color, you can get tintable raptor liner or something similar. Especially if it’ll be under upholstery, and on the inside of the car, I’d say just paint it with something to cover the bare metal to stop rust.

Thanks, I agree with the inside. I am thinking of doing this underneath. I want it red but I also want it to hold up. I was avoiding the tintable bedliner because I only plan to use bedliner on the sheetmetal. I want to paint the frame without the bedliner cover.

I ordered some Second Skin for coating the interior. There’s an awful lot of sheetmetal in there and I’m afraid it’s going to be really noisy. The 4 link with solid Heim links won’t help one bit.

[Threepointtwo]

I got the fuel cell mounted today. I mounted it flush with the trunk floor to give me useable trunk space. I have to make some modifications to the rear valence for the fuel lines but it will be below the license plate so it won’t show much.

[Threepointtwo]

I am running out of things I can do without an engine. I haven’t finished the front of the trans tunnel because I’m not sure if I will have to make mods to clear the Coyote. Without that piece, I can’t final paint underneath. A few small projects here and there to get ready. I made a little portal in the frame outrigger for the fuel lines. I can probably permanently mount the wheel tubs as well.

[Threepointtwo]

I painted the rear end and suspension components. My Second Skin spray-on arrived so I am finishing up the inside so I can get ready to spray that on thick.

[Threepointtwo]

Getting the trans tunnel fitted up. I had to make the jet exhaust nozzle looking thing to help lower the tunnel. My initial effort was too high.

[Threepointtwo]

I got my panhard bar welded and I put the resend back in to check the fit. Everything looks good.