I was reading about some "alternative" uses for POR-15 on their web site. It seems that they now make clear POR-15. It can be used for anything that you would use regular POR-15 on, but they also say that it makes a fantastic alternitive to fiberglass resin. Not only can you use it straight out of the can with no mixing, once it dries it resist a lot of chemicals that will soften traditional resins. Soooooooo . . . if it bonds to rust and permanantly seals it . . . and it makes excellent fiberglass resin . . . and it's clear . . . hummmmmm . . .
How hard would it be to pull off all the trim, hammer out the major dents into minor ones, clean it good, treat all the rust with clear POR-15 and patch all of the rust holes with sheets of POR-15 soaked fiberglass cloth? Straighen out the bent trim, put it back on and, TA-DA! . . . good as ne. . . er . . . ahhh . . . as it is now. But permanantly that way. Oh, weight, POR-15 needs to be protected from sunlight. So, I guess I would have to paint all the POR-15 treated areas with rust-colored paint.
The Baja front end option has to go . . . or I'll have to buy a stepladder one. Haven't really decided which one. I could weld in some new metal in the wheel wells, but I think that would take away from it . . . I could just leave the front end the way it is and put big enough tires on the back to level it up. Wha-da-ya think? :-k
