So back in April the judge at the MCA Pensacola Mustang show reamed me for how nasty my drip rails were under the trunk lid. 12 years of grit and grime collecting there makes it a bit of a hassle to get clean or keep clean. So today I got a wild hair and decided to do something about it.

Just a little details for you guys because I am sure I am not the only one with nasty drip rails. **That sounds bad!**

Used some 3M undercoating spray that has the hard rough texture similar to spray in bed liners. When I told the judge at the show I had plans of doing this he told me how great of an idea it was and he had never seen that done. Plus it will help with rust.

Here is what I started out with




Cleaned what I could with some Simple Green



Took the trunk, taillights, rubber seal, and some of the carpet molding off to make sure I got everything covered



Got everything taped off how I wanted




Got a few good coats of the 3M coating going on




Removed all the tape and plastic to reveal a result I was very happy with




Reinstalled the rubber trim, taillights, carpet molding and trunk lid





The final product!





P.S.
It is easy to take the trunk lid off by yourself...but a pain to get it back on by yourself!

 

Damn great idea. Looks a+++

 

Damn, very good idea. Im tempted to try that myself..Pics of the trunk closed? Can you notice any difference?

 

good idea. mine looks like ****.

 

No doubt, mine looks effing terrible too.. Nice work Donnie, that's a pretty good idea! I had actually been contemplating doing a white crinkle coat, but I kind of like the idea of matching it with the tail lights and the side of the trunk. Hmmmmmm..

 

Very nice, I will try this out sometime.

 

That looks real nice! Something I've never seen before. When I detail my car twice a year I always make sure to clean this area so mine isn't too bad.

 

Mine already looked like **** when I got the car from Dave.. I'm definitely going to do this, just got to decide whether or not to do it in black or not.

 

I agree with everyone else. It looks fantastic! Great idea and A+ work/attention to detail for sure. That coating should last forever...

 

That's a smart solution!

 

Nice, I just repainted mine the factory color.