there so many places that there was already rust under the wax that im going to wire brush to clean up before coat. its like 90+ degrees so it doesnt help with the wax as it stays pretty pliable, doesn't "chunk" off, maybe cold (real cold) weather would make this a lot easier. very little of it is smooth but just scrape off as much as you can then cut the wax down with some solvents - using laquer thinner is working pretty well.
removed all the control arms/spindles, shocks etc.... figured it would be a good time to do all the bushing and ball joints anyway so i ordered new arms and spindles (aluminum)