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If you're talking about something sprayed on the under side then I have no idea, but if you're talking about the rubberized stuff inside on the floors then a wire wheel will do nothing but make a giant mess. I tried it before moving on to dry ice, which is IMO the ONLY way to go. There was still a little leftover undercoating in isolated spots and I still hate it when I accidentally hit one with a grinder disc or wire wheel while I'm cutting or grinding welds. Makes a huge mess and sprays all over.

Beautiful! Why mess with it at all? Love the wheels, and I think that it works not being slammed all the way down.

I personally welded in cross-braces when I cut out my floor pans just to make sure it didn't shift at all. And I only did one side at a time. So far, no twisting, but I still don't have it back down on wheels. Considering that it's a unibody car, I'm not sure I'd cut out BOTH floorpans, and their connected frame rails without some sort of cross bracing to make sure nothing gets tweaked. Especially since you're never sure what other rust is lurking in places like your rocker panels. Of course, I also welded on both the replace ment rails that came with the floor pans, AND the bad-dog rails over top of them when I replaced my floors. I tend to over-engineer things however.

That's what the guy in the email said. Website lists them too. I don't know if it includes the fuel/vent lines, cause he didn't answer that part of the question.

http://www.classictube.com/ I emailed back-and-forth a few times with one of the folks who work there, and they still make full sets. Can't vouch for the quality, but I plan on picking up a set when I'm closer to needing them.

That's too funny...I have a nearly identical hole right where my battery tray used to be. I'm just finishing up my floor pans, and that's next on my list...

If you're going to put in new pans, you're going to have to remove the tar around the areas you want to weld to. That stuff is nasty when it melts/catches fire, and will do nothing but destroy your welds. Do yourself a favor and search around for dry ice techniques...I had a post on how I did mine about a year ago. It really beats trying to heat it up w/a heat gun or torch to scrape it off and getting all kinds of lovely melted tar burns on yourself. And it only takes a couple hours once you've got everything prepped and the dry ice. Plus, you get the benefit of getting to impress your neighbors and show off neat tricks w/the dry ice while you're waiting for the insulation to freeze off

Whelp, checked with MSA...and I quote: "We hear a lot of rumors but no news whatsoever. Sorry."

Not to bring a dead horse back from the grave (Halloween is around the corner however), has anyone heard about availability of Tokico's springs yet? Christmas is coming, and I was hoping Santa would order me a set

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC, you can just use two right-side inners, and just use a right-side outer on the left side. Edit: and a word of caution - don't buy the inners if they're still listed on RockAuto. They're wrong. Ask me how I know

What is the texture on the bed liner like? Is it like "scratch your knuckles" rough? Or is it more rubberized?

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if Z Car Creations still produces these kits? I've sent them a couple emails, but no response...and nothing on Ebay as far as I can tell. At least nothing that matches their User ID listed in the PDF and on their site.

I love those wheels...definitely the ones I want to get when I finally get things to that point. I really like the bronze-colored ones in particular. Good choice!

I was figuring as much. I'm not in a rush for them, so I figured I'd give it the month or so before cancelling and getting an alternative spring.

Emailed MSA yesterday regarding the springs, and got a response earlier today: "Thank you for your email. We actually heard something of an updated earlier today. Tokico apparently was able to break their contract with the US distributor they had been using (the cause of the problem) and is working out a deal with another distribution company. Our rep. at Tokico told us to expect about a month before everything is worked out and parts start shipping to us." So looks like things might start shaking loose in a month or so.