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Greg Hilyer
Hello all. I'm new to the list and come in search of info from the experts about the "Dark Side" - the underside of my Tiger #B9472470 LRX FE. After more hours than I care to think about, I've completed the metal work of floor replacement. Now on to the details. Although the car won't be seeing any concourse fields [at least in my ownership] I have no desire to finish the underbody the "wrong" way, and need some input. While the floor replacement was undoubtedly necessitated by decades of leaky top syndrome, the rest of the unibody is actually quite nice. After painstakingly removing three distinctly different layers of undercoating [that did their job nicely], I'm down to the original red-oxide primer. During the archeology of stripping it all off, I'm left with questions. It looks as though there was never any body color over the primer - just undercoating. The only body color seems to have been overspray from subsequent repaints which was then covered with another layer of undercoating. So my questions are 1 - Did the car leave the factory with undercoating or was it applied by the dealer? And 2 [depending on the answer to 1], what is the acceptable "correct" finish for the "dark side"? Thanks in advance. I will look forward to any and all replies. Greg "Lunker" Hilyer, Albuquerque NM