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[tigers_gonads]

Hopefully by next week, i'll have the time and all the bits to sort out the front suspension on my omega.
While its all stripped down and if its dry, i'm intending to give any exposed bits of chassis and frame work a good wire brush down and a couple of coats of chassis paint 

In the past, i've used Schultz black chassis paint but what was left has gone walk about 

Any of you lads use something similar that you can recommend ??

TIA 

[Olympia5776]

Keep checking Aldi for their metal paint . It will be on offer very soon with spring coming . It's available in black,grey(silver) green and white. Make sure it is the metal protection paint though.
I've used it on all of my cars, van and garden furniture for years , it's the same as Smoothrite and gives great long term protection for circa £5 a litre . Brushes on easily or can be rolled with solvent suitable rollers also great for spraying too when thinned a little with standard thinners ,flows very well and leaves a tough ,smooth and easy clean  finish.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Done a fair amount of research into this, because I'm attempting the same on my Omega.

For stonechip resistance, there was always good old reliable Hammerite, however, the classic car restorers are all looking at either stuff called POR15 or Mastic 121 now... Hammerite doesn't have the stone chip resistance it used to, apparently.

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=461431

It's £40 a tin, but you get a litre, and thinners. Compared with Hammerite at my local shop, at about £12 for a little tin, it's actually cheaper. It's a two-part paint (mixed at ratio of 50/50) which dries rock hard and is meant to be incredibly stone-chip-resistant.

Only thing is it's difficult, like hammerite, to get a smooth finish, without leaving obvious brushmarks. Takes practice, and I'm getting there. However, for your purposes finish probably isn't crucial.

Alternatively I've got me a trade can of Stone Chip aerosol, and a tin of satin black spray paint, both £4.99 each. Thinking of using this on my wishbones and dampers. But chassis, rough cast parts etc will be getting the Mastic 121 treatment, followed by a liberal coat of underseal spray. 

[minifreek]

Iv just bought a can of Schultz aerosol black for the exposed parts Im just welding at the moment, its only £6 a can, and LIDL are selling the metal protection stuff at the moment...

[tigers_gonads]

The missus is back at lidl at 5 in morning 
I'll get her to have a look

Thanks for the info lads 

[Webby the Bear]

Hammerite for me, TG. Been on a year and still all in place! 

[ckz]

i used to use Plasticoat mixed with underseal and thinner mixed up.
worked well on all car i had so gar. never had any rust.
even holded a rusty audi together, ha ha

guessing the Omega gets some black matt 3 pac underneath this time.