The rear roll bar was sand blasted first, the axle was done by hand..Never again 
. Generally I spend a lot of time on the prep of the metal work with small files and emery paper as the axle for example was covered in factory weld splatters and factory marks, so I spent time filing the weld splatters and shaping all the welds etc, all faces and flat edges of brackets etc were filed and re shaped as they were rough from factory. Several coats of U-pol etch primer followed by maybe 4-6 coates of Mipa high build primer (really good stuff very tough and easy flat back and cheap) and then flat it back so the imperfections of themetal are just showing through underneath, then one more good coat of high build, a light flat off then 3-5 medium coats of satin black, used Halfrauds satin black for the running gear simply because I can get it easily so it all matches in the end, and can be touched up easy in the future
Last edited by xr2mk2turbo; Sep 25, 2013 at 09:53 AM.