2003 Neon Project
Posted by badcamber
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The LN was used to remove the rubberized undercoating from the entire bottom and wheel wells of the car. There's a whole bunch of pictures in the BMW Compact build thread on here, or you can follow this link to see more if anyone's curious. 
FWIW, the little patches of tar stuff are cake compared to the undercoating. Some cars would not really benefit from the full LN treatment, like the Evo for instance. The undercoating on that was a thin tar like thing that was just taken off with a wire wheel. The Evo would still benefit from LN on any seams that are gooped up. If we did it again, we'd be more efficient for sure, but for a car as loaded up in rubber as the BMW, I'd still say grabbing a 255L dewar is the way to go. If you have extra when you're done, you can always freeze some random stuff and throw it against the floor to see it shatter (keep in mind its better to do this AFTER the real project is done so you don't run out with one corner of the trunk still left to do...Mark Malsom!) 
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I dunno for those sheets of whatever glued inside with the liquid, it was less than 20 minutes of easy tapping with a welding chip hammer and it was all gone. But that wasn't the point. The RUBBERIZED undercoating and RUBBERIZED SEAM goop on Xratties if 100% coverage under the car and in the wheelarches and in some places over 1/2" thick or more. Seconds and it looks like DaveK's piccie, easy tapping.,, In seams the goop loses its grip and MOST jumps out when tapped, some clings a bit but falls out when poked. Blake! depends on how much shit is slathered on. A Xratty deffo more than one 175L can, but say a Fuckus, maybe half a can. Depends. But look at those piccies. Ready to weld (that's "Weld Thru Primer"  John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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