Painting a galvanised LR chassis

[JR44]

can anybody advise what the done thing is with a lotus replacement chassis

do these normally require painting before fitting...??

doe it need some sort of special primerto go over the galvanising
if so what colour ..satin black??

[mikealdren]

JR
Most people don't seem to paint the galvanised chassis
Older (weathered) galvanised finishes are easier to paint but new zinc needs a suitable primer which should be readily available. Check on the net for the latest techniques, IIRC it used to be a cadmium based primer.

The original chassis I have seen were red oxide and chassis black finish. And of course they were rusted through!

Mike

[rgh0]

To key paint to fresh galvanising you normally need to do a dilute acid etching to prepare the surface for the paint to properly adhere.

regards
Rohan