Scraped bottom of FD1 [Archive]

kzsv

23-02-2009, 11:25 AM

So i was driving back from a mall, navigating my way through the carpark but as i was turning around the corner i realised i must have turned too close and heard a scraping noise. I stopped, and put it in reverse and scraped it again , got out of the car and had a look, nothing was wrong from the otuside but when i look under the car http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss256/Jaaackee/undercar.jpg

just wondering if there is naything i should do to stop it from rusting or anything like that, thanks in advance.

.k.

23-02-2009, 11:46 AM

clean and then touch-up paint?

kzsv

23-02-2009, 11:50 AM

clean and then touch-up paint?

oh really? will the touch up paint from honda do? if so i might just go and pick a bottle up. just don't want it to rust andruin the car =/

kzsv

23-02-2009, 05:15 PM

also, did everyone get free touch up paint with their car?

JaCe

23-02-2009, 10:42 PM

nah i bought mine from the service guys.

on another note, i've scraped the bottom of my FD1. driving over one of those things in the carpark which is meant to stop u. in all fairness, i was on a rooftop parking lot for the first time (unsw for anyone who cares) and the lights were all out so i was driving in pitch black. i didn't see the grey-coloured bar on the ground and thought it was the direct route to the down ramp... and suddenly WHAM >_> oh well.

shadou

23-02-2009, 10:46 PM

you don't need touch up paint necessarily, you can use a cheaper spray paint if you wish, it's just to stop the scratch exposed to dirt and water which in turn will cause oxidation..
hell you could fill it with a resin :p waste of time though

kzsv

23-02-2009, 11:24 PM

heh, mine happened at the parking lot at dfo with the narrow turns down to the bottom floor. the turn didn't quite pull off properly and car scraped mid way and on the way back out. popped into honda today, won't get the paint til wednesday. kind of paranoid lol

black8thgen

25-02-2009, 05:01 PM

at jace: so you scraped the front bumper? orrrr? I've scraped my front bumper a couple times too.. but didnt think it would really matter much since its jus some paint scrubbing off? Or should i touch it up =/

Jackee

25-02-2009, 05:48 PM

im pretty sure the front bumper is plastic but i think the rest of the car's underside isnt?

gerard

01-03-2009, 12:51 PM

Since its at the bottom, you can use a bituminous spray cheaply purchased from autobarn/supercheap and the like.

FallenAngel

08-03-2009, 02:31 PM

nah i bought mine from the service guys.

on another note, i've scraped the bottom of my FD1. driving over one of those things in the carpark which is meant to stop u. in all fairness, i was on a rooftop parking lot for the first time (unsw for anyone who cares) and the lights were all out so i was driving in pitch black. i didn't see the grey-coloured bar on the ground and thought it was the direct route to the down ramp... and suddenly WHAM >_> oh well.

I know EXACTLY how you feel jace lol...

And also becareful if you go to the top most level where up the ram you'll scrape the middle of the car not the front! Thats with the driver only btw...

curtis265

16-09-2009, 03:59 PM

AAAAH i just did it now :(

its at my jacking point. I need to protect it from rusting now - any recommendations..? I dont know what i should use...

the bituminous spray?