What would you do?

Just stripped the rear and front end out of my mk1 golf to give it a good clean up.

The wheel arches are really clean (no rust at all) but I'm wondering what to do with them.

Should I:

1. Underseal them with black?

2. keep them original paint colour and maybe give them a fresh top coat?


This is how they are at the moment…

In my opion black them with black wax. still look tidy. and offers some protection...

In my opion black them with black wax. still look tidy. and offers some protection...

Use an underseal type paint which can be overpainted with top-coat (eg stone chip), then paint them with top coat. I think this is what the standard factory finish would be. The front wheelarches have a plastic lining after approx 1980.

Thanks for that guys.
Undersealed them today with black.
Looks crisp so probably leave it as they are. They'll only get dirty anyway!
Cheers!