painting diffs

Rust guard spray paint in Black.

I would just give them a good degrease with some decent quality degreaser then soap and water then I would use a spray can of gloss black and give a couple of coats even 3 if there's enough in the can, dont forget to cover where you dont want overspray, can even give the back of the drums a touch up as well, did this to my'n 2 years ago and stiil looks good. I think using a brush will look worse than what they probably look now, but then I'm fussy as well. Regards Steve M

I rub mine (and the bash guard) back, paint them with metal primer, then top coat with rust guard. I do it all with a brush to avaid over spray.

Did it a week ago, went off roading on the week end and it needs doing again. Think I need more lift.

just finished my chassis and diffs are next , use a scotch pry type to sand down , if there are any rust marks , use a anty rust treatment on them , then yo ucant go past the wurth satin black in a can for a ultimate finish , they will look new .

Mine get belted around by the bush passing under them every other day I would think it a complete waste of time painting them!
Regards Ken.

Hi
I just pressure wash the diffs and chassis and spray with WD40, looks good, cheap and after a few months driving off road just do it again, even give the chassis rails a spray
Ray

Thanks guys I will choose one of these as I do give a rats about my rig and want to slow the rust demon

Hi Baybreeze,

Engine paint is very good, every few years I would degrease / pressure clean the underside of my old Troopy and use Matt Black. Its high temp resistant and comes in spray pack.
I used it on my sunraisa rims also, it seemed vey stone chip resistant.
As mentioned dont forget to mask areas you dont want painted this stuff is sticky.

Toorak tractors dont have to paint as they dont go offroad. Cops look for un maintained vehicles ( poor paint or appearance ) to prey on so painting is a good idea. Eveyone has there own ideas of what makes a fourby look good some like rust and stone chips because its " hardcore " LOL : )