Need to know if these products work and if so what some of experience with the group has been.

For starters I am looking to recoat my air filter housing on my 1979 240D which has some signs of rust on it.

Coating are:

Chassis Saver By MAGNET PAINTS

Por -15

Regards Tom Scordato

POR-15 is a good rust proofer. If you have surface rust on your car or little pin holes , this will cover it well. When it hardens it becomes rock hard so it adds a little strength to the panel. I would use it as a preventative and not a cure. New metal is a cure.

POR-15 is good, though you will need to use their topcoat if anything you've painted is going to have UV exposure-kinda weird...I'd do it even over the chassis just in case. If you as much as drip one droplet of perspiration in a gallon, it's ruined. Check out their website, http://www.por15.com/, it's not impossible but you gotta follow the rules. My friend builds and rebuilds cargo trailers and uses this stuff on each job. He swears by it.

Eastwood makes Rust Converter, which appears to work similarly, and is supposed to resist UV better (their claim). They also recommend sealing it with, surprise, another product they sell. Pricing is about the same, the Eastwood stuff comes in 5 colors if it matters, including a clear. www.eastwood.com.

Hope it helps. And to add, I'll be doing my pickup chassis with one or the other come spring.

Mark

Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator VS. POR 15.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=852&itemType=CATEGORY&iMainCat=688&iSubCat=852

I used the POR for the floorboards ( which werent bad, but this stuff made them very durable), framerails, A arms of the CHevelle.

Finishing up the frame ( inner channels), and front suspension on the Tahoe this summer when tis off the road ( the salt truck). Also had a wet carpet in the back of the truck, putting some surface rust down.while the enigne paints aren't exactly the same, I might use up the chevy orange engine paint on those floorboards.

Havent even got the Benz up in the air yet to see where I stand with that one. But it wont see salt.

Anyway POR is a great product. It'll be interesting to see how it handles the severe winter weather and salt.

For the air filter housing, top coat it with something like Rustolem #7777 (satin black)