Specifications

Vancouver Police Service
Command
Production Specification
SVI #847 Page 40 of 107 September 18, 2012
STAINLESS STEEL BODY FENDERS
The body wheel well openings shall be provided with round radius, polished stainless steel fenderettes. The fenderettes
shall be bolted and easily replaceable if damaged. The fenderettes shall be installed using a rubber gasket to reduce
buildup of moisture and/or debris.
WHEEL WELL LINERS
The wheel wells shall be provided with an easily removable polymer, circular inner fender liner. The inner liner shall be
bolted to the wheel well with stainless steel bolts and spaced away from the wheel well so the liner will not accumulate dirt
or water.
BODY PAINT SPECIFICATIONS
BODY PAINT PREPARATION
After the body and components have been fabricated they shall be disassembled prior to painting so when the vehicle is
complete there shall be finish paint beneath the removable components. The body shall be totally removed from chassis
during the paint process to insure the entire unit is covered. The body and components shall be metal finished as follows
to provide a superior substrate for painting.
The exterior body shall undergo a thorough cleaning process starting with a biodegradable phosphoric acid solution to
begin the etching process followed by a complete clear water rinse. The next step shall consist of a chemical conversion
coating applied to seal the metal substrate and become part of the metal surface for greater film adhesion. If the
compartment interior is to be painted the interior shall be acid etched as described above then primed with an epoxy
primer and all seams caulked.
All bright metal fittings, if unavailable in stainless steel or polished aluminum, shall be chrome plated. Iron fittings shall be
copper under plated prior to chrome plating.
PAINT PROCESS
The paint process shall follow the strict standards set forth by PPG Industries guidelines. Painters applying PPG products
will be PPG Certified Commercial Technicians, and re-certified every two (2) years.
The body shall go through an eight-stage paint process;
1) Clean bare metal using a solvent base wax & grease remover.
2) Finish all exterior body seams as necessary, followed by a thorough sanding of all bare metal to be painted.
3) Re-clean bare metal using a solvent base wax & grease remover.
4) Bare Metal Epoxy Primer Coat - PPG Delfleet® Evolution corrosion resistance epoxy primer to be applied at 1.0-2.0
mills DFT over clean abraded bare metal.
5) Primer Filler Coat - PPG Delfleet® Evolution urethane build primer to achieve total thickness of 3.0-6.0 mils DFT after
sanding.
6) Base coat (Color) - PPG Delfleet® Evolution High Solids Polyurethane Base coat. Apply 1.0-3.0 mils DFT of base
coat color to achieve full hiding.
7) Clear coat PPG Delfleet® Evolution polyurethane premium quality clear coat with improved mar resistant finish. The
clear coat shall be applied to achieve a total dry film thickness of 2.0-3.0 mils.
8) Curing process of the painted body shall go through a force dry/bake cycle process. The painted components shall be
baked 180 degrees for 2 hours to achieve a complete coating cure on the finished product.