Re: opinions on a rotisserie
[Re: chrisf]
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08/17/13 11:29 AM
08/17/13 11:29 AM
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DaveRS23
Special needs idiot
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Special needs idiot
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Benton, IL.
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Question; how much driving do you intend to do with the car?
There is no doubt that a rotisserie will improve the quality of the bottom of the car a lot. But it does bring a dilemma, at least it did for me.
The bottom of the car then looks so good, it is hard to drive it much. One small water puddle makes for a long clean up. Whenever I wanted to drive the car, it was always too dry (dusty) or too wet or the possibility of precip.
After all the work I did to the bottom of the car, I couldn't stand the thought of dirtying it up. Or how long it would take to clean it back up.
Now if the Demon will be a Trailer Queen, then it's a different matter.
Master, again and still
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Re: opinions on a rotisserie
[Re: DaveRS23]
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08/17/13 11:51 AM
08/17/13 11:51 AM
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ScottSmith_Harms
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Mr Wizzard
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Spokane Washington
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I have a thought on that one too, and I do plan on driving mine....A LOT! My take on the clean thing is simple, dirt over a correctly restored underside is STILL better than dirt over a sloppy job. I plan to maintain mine as much as possible and don't plan on driving it in wet weather, but if I do get caught on the rain or on a dirt road I'll take the time to clean it as good as possible, it won't be that often so not a huge deal. One thing that's helpful is to finish the underside components with weather resistant coatings. Mine had been stripped to metal, sprayed with DP90 Epoxy to seal it all up, then painted with a custom mix to mimic the original dip coating. So, while it appears correct, It's not primer, it's paint that mimics primer so it's far easier to clean and will hold up much better than the thin coat of factory dip coating. All of the bare metal parts are treated with ECS's RPM product to keep them looking new as well.
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Re: opinions on a rotisserie
[Re: DPelletier]
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08/17/13 03:26 PM
08/17/13 03:26 PM
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Silver70
I Live Here
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I Live Here
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Rust Belt, SW PA
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It definitely makes things a lot easier... so much easier to do body work with the car rotated up to get the lower areas. Same with the roof and so on. I use mine on almost every car I have stripped to a bare shell. I wouldn't even consider doing a full resto without one.
68 Road Runner, 69 Belvedere, 71 Challenger Vert 340 barracuda, 01 Ram CTD, 95 Ram, 04 Ram, 85 Daytona turbo Z 66 GTO, 06 Magnum RT AWD. 07 Ram CTD, 07 Ram
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Re: opinions on a rotisserie
[Re: notforsale440]
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08/17/13 05:43 PM
08/17/13 05:43 PM
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burdar
Owen's Dad
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Owen's Dad
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Iowa
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Quote:
I have a better idea; why don't you just borrow mine?
That's nice of you.
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