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What color are your wheel wells? #1
psdeevers Pete Deevers Green, Ohio, USA 1970 MG MGB "Dad's"	Posted: February 21, 2012 10:46PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 58

Mine are red (over spray?) and some black. Looks like undercoating. This car is going to continue to be a driver.

Thanks
Pete

Pete Deevers
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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #2
tannyo Tanny O'Haley North Hollywood, CA, USA 1967 MG MGB GT 1971 MG MGB GT	Posted: February 21, 2012 10:50PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 256

There's some sort of undercoating in mine.

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Selmo Saladino panama city beach, fl, USA 1979 MG MGB "Heather"	Posted: February 21, 2012 11:08PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 368

undercoating X2

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #4
forestghost07 Marco Sinai Florida, USA 1972 MG MGB GT "Viajero" 1999 Chevrolet Blazer "Works For Gas"	Posted: February 21, 2012 11:13PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 2,225

Well, right now my B's front wheelwells are de-greased and Rustoleum satin black over 40 yr old undercoat LOL. Pic is before paint - nasty eh. And the rears are ... dirt color till I get round to 'em with the rattle can. tongue sticking out smiley

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #5
rbucchino Rick Bucchino Bradenton, FL, USA 1969 MG MGB GT 1972 MG MGB 2008 BMW 528i	Posted: February 21, 2012 11:18PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 606

Body color.

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #6
mitchelld996 Mitch D Los Angeles, California, USA 1972 MG MGB GT	Posted: February 21, 2012 11:43PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,470

Factory made it body color. If there's undercoating it was applied by the jacka$$ dealer who wanted to extort a few more dollars from you.

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #7
Sixty2B Adrian Oliver Southern England, United Kingdom	Posted: February 22, 2012 04:53AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 208

Body colour over rubberised 'stone-chip' paint winking smiley

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #8
NOHOME Peter Plouf London, Canada 1961 Austin-Healey Sprite Bugeye "Lil" 1967 MG MGB GT "Maggie (GT From Hell)"	Posted: February 22, 2012 05:25AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 11,867

If you drive the car, black undercoat is the simple answer. If you want, many of todays rubberized "Rock Guard" undercoats can be painted over. Truck bedlilner can be tinted to match the paint also.

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JackMG Jack Lindler Greenville,SC, USA	Posted: February 22, 2012 05:43AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 14,864

Dirt - colored.

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #10
MGB567 Barrie Braxton Sunshine Coast, Australia 1966 MG MGB MkI "Money Guzzler"	Posted: February 22, 2012 06:33AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 5,292

Black. I scraped off all the original tar-like covering and then I painted them with POR15 and then Hardnose. The inside of the front wings have been painted a black chip guard - if you just use paint debris on the road that hits them will cause 'star' points in your paint on the outside. My B is not concours or o/e.

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #11
stephencs Stephen Stites Lafayette ky, USA 1979 MG MGB "BEATRICE"	Posted: February 22, 2012 08:05AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 945

black undercoating

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #12
tedjr Ted R. Schneider Jr. Akron, Ohio, USA 1974 MG MGB "Ruby"	Posted: February 22, 2012 12:29PM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 1,699

Pete,
Black undercoating here also.

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #13
purpleGT Bud Osbourne Pittsburgh, PA., USA 1974 MG MGB GT "The Grape" 1977 MG MGB	Posted: February 22, 2012 12:45PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,204

The original, factory method was to first apply a primer, then apply that "tar-like" undersealant some of you mention and then paint the undersealant, engine compartment, trunk (boot).....the entire unibody, actually......body color.
I've found 3M Body Schutz can be used to replicate the look of the original, factory undersealant and it is meant to be painted over, so it looks completely authentic, if done correctly. Also, it remains somewhat plyable and won't crack and allow moisture in between the sealant and the sheet metal.

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Paul J Paul Jennings Locust Grove, Oklahoma, USA 1955 MG TF 1500	Posted: February 22, 2012 01:51PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 2,848

Unless it's a concourse car that is more or less a trailer queen, undercoating them is a wise move. I wouldn't consider a person a jacka$$, as previously stated, for doing this! Here's the 72 I restored for my wife. PJ

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #15
purpleGT Bud Osbourne Pittsburgh, PA., USA 1974 MG MGB GT "The Grape" 1977 MG MGB	Posted: February 22, 2012 02:09PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,204

That's beautiful, PJ. I think that what the previous poster was referring to was the black "crud" that many bodgers apply over dirt, oil & grease and which tends to hang down from the surface and form pockets which hold water against the steel, which tends to greatly accelerate the rusting of that steel.
Also, to many of us, the presence of a black undercarriage on a car that isn't black on the "shiney side" sets off alarm bells warning of the type of crudeness I mention above. When the undercoating is painted body color, it tells us that an effort was made to make the car appear original.
Those of us who've been around these cars since we were kids, back in the 60s, have painful memories of MGs on used car lots, which had been "detailed" by used car dealers, or by new car dealer's used car departments.....which meant that everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) under the bonnet, on the undercarriage and in the boot was painted FLAT BLACK. To those of us who knew the cars well, it shouted out "crude", among other things.
So, I think that might be why anyone restoring one of these MGs with a black undercarriage and a different color "topside" may set off some alarms among the Faithful.

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My 78 MGB Barry Farrell Prince Edward Island, Canada 1978 MG MGB MkIV	Posted: February 22, 2012 04:52PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 121

Hey Paul I just showed my son the picture of your wifes car. very impressive. So what shade of Red is it?

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #17
sparkle0320 Mary Hayes Northern NJ, USA 1972 MG MGB "Queen B" 1978 MG Midget ""The Mighty Midget""	Posted: February 22, 2012 06:35PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 106

PJ-

Just happened to Check out the MGB Forum from the Midget Forum and what a nice surprise to see such an absolutely beautiful MGB!! Can you post a few more photos of your wife's car? Would love to see them! Nicest B I've seen on this site. Oh! BTW my wheel wells are undercoating.

Cheers

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #18
ClayJ Clay Johnston Mt. Olive, MS, USA 1972 MG MGB	Posted: February 22, 2012 07:48PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 7,351

X2 on Bud's comment.

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #19
Starbuck Monte johnjulio Greensboro, North Carolina, USA 1967 MG MGB GT "Toaster" 1974 MG MGB "The B" 1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "Shitfire"	Posted: February 22, 2012 07:59PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 3,316

Mine are painted, truck bed liner coated, undercoated and painted body color.

They also have 23 layers of unobtainium on them
smiling smiley

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Re: What color are your wheel wells? #20
ssduane Duane Paulsen San Diego, USA 1966 Chevrolet Chevy II "Mine" 1976 MG MGB "Jodys MGB"	Posted: February 22, 2012 11:01PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 961

In reply to # 1991769 by Paul J Unless it's a concourse car that is more or less a trailer queen, undercoating them is a wise move. I wouldn't consider a person a jacka$$, as previously stated, for doing this! Here's the 72 I restored for my wife. PJ

beautiful car, what did you use for seat belts?

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