So I've been working the last few weeks trying to get all the dirt, grease, and rust off the underside of the car and the frame. Took the spare tire holder off and removed as much as I could. Used a wire brush in my drill to cleaner most of it and used a grinder on the frame under the doors. Once cleaned, I used rust dissolver anywhere I could find rust I couldn't get to. Then I put a coat of rust reformer over everything. Once the rust reformer was set (24 hours), I put on a coat of primer then a layer of undercoating. Finally, on places that would be around high heat (near engine, transmission, and exhaust), I put a coat of high heat engine paint that's gas and oil repellent. I went back and touched it up a bit after looking at my pictures...
While doing the undercoating, I had to remove the side pipes. They couldn't be removed with a wrench unfortunately. Even after I did some liquid wrench coatings over 48 hours. The bolts holding onto to frame would just spin whenever I tried to remove the nut. So, I ended up cutting the bolts with a reciprocating saw. I'll have to come up with something to replace the strange "t-bolt" that they used, but that shouldn't be too difficult to do. Now that the pipes are off, that gives me a chance to clean them up properly and put the heat shielding on. It turns out the side pipes a bit banged up, probably from about 24 years of use, but they still look decent enough to use. In a few years I'll probably have to replace them.
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