painting of car/ should it be on wheels??

[Mr4Speed]

hi guys,
my car is primered and almost ready for paint; i made a crate/carriage for it, on wheels to transport it. ( mounted on the tranny-x-member frame and rear framerails )
My painter wants the car on wheels, because he thinks that the body of the car sags in better, when it is on wheels instead of on a cart.
i like to get it in the paintbooth on the cart.
Do you know what Chrysler did originally??

thanks for any lead/info!!

Marcel
the Netherlands

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

When I had mine sprayed,I had a set of regulat steel wheels with some tires that held air.Most body shops have covers,but I took no chances:blob1:

 

[anmracing]

We left ours on the wheels. Figured it wouldn't hurt as long as they covered them. They didn't have any issues.... I don't think it would matter either way.

 

[Propwash]

The bodies do flex quite a bit, especially when off of wheels or on jack points, but I don't see how that would effect painting the car....There could be some very small movement in the panel gaps, but that would be caught when painting the jams anyways. The biggest quarrel I see guys doing as far as when weight should be on wheels is when they install subframe connectors on a car that's jigged up or on a rotisserie..That's definitely not a good thing considering the car is definitley sprung from a resting weight on wheels position and those subframes now tie the car in that position.

 

[Musclecarmania]

I agree,if your setting your door,fender,hood etc. gaps,you want the car on the springs,but if your painting just the shell with no front or panels on it,it won't really flex that much,and if it does,so what,the paint won't crack.

 

[Bruzilla]

One thing I have seen that makes a difference here is height. Depending on how good your painter is, the lower a car sits to the ground, the more likely it is you'll get orange peel the lower you get on the car because it's harder for the painter to get down low and apply the paint with the same precision he/she uses on the upper surfaces. I cart can make the car a bit higher, which reduces the chances of getting orange peel down low.