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brsvo
12-27-2014, 12:39 PM
Got em cleaned and ready for paint. Trying to decide between flat or gloss black or maybe silver?
MikeFleming
12-27-2014, 01:57 PM
FYI: OEM was gloss black.
bluemax
12-27-2014, 05:05 PM
FYI: OEM was gloss black.

The Ford Service parts (NOS) that I have are painted "Gloss Black", but all of the '85.5 and '86 original arms that I have seen are "natural". I would post pics from Daniel Carpenter's cars, but I have had zero success lately getting pics to load on this site.
brsvo
12-27-2014, 05:47 PM
Mine were natural as could be for a 28 year old car- black grime!
MikeFleming
12-27-2014, 08:01 PM
I would post pics from Daniel Carpenter's cars, but I have had zero success lately getting pics to load on this site. PM Mitch (Meotchh) or Dave (DaveS) with the details. Our tech support staff.
Chalky
01-01-2015, 08:44 PM
300 mile '86 CP.
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bluemax
01-03-2015, 07:55 AM
300 mile '86 CP.


Thanks Chalky. The picture is from Daniel Carpenter's '85.5 CP.

So basically you end up with a couple of different "colors" due to how the control arm is fabricated; bare steel for the spring pocket and cross tube and bare cast for the arms themselves. The bare cast will be a slightly darker gray than the bare steel.
brsvo
01-03-2015, 04:08 PM
Mine didn't look that good natural (dirty even after cleaning) and after blasting they didn't look like that either so I painted them Gloss black. Thanks for the input someone will need these facts down the road.
bluemax
01-04-2015, 05:02 AM
Mine didn't look that good natural (dirty even after cleaning) and after blasting they didn't look like that either so I painted them Gloss black. Thanks for the input someone will need these facts down the road.

Actually, I thought yours cleaned up pretty good. Just needed to be masked off, primed, and painted the various colors. The concours judging hasn't reached this level yet... ;)
dagenham
01-05-2015, 05:30 PM
Got em cleaned and ready for paint. Trying to decide between flat or gloss black or maybe silver?

I bet those things sure made a lot of racket tumbling around in that washing machine.
brsvo
01-06-2015, 06:10 PM
Got to love those Kenmore's!
k98dave
07-04-2015, 07:33 PM
Actually, I thought yours cleaned up pretty good. Just needed to be masked off, primed, and painted the various colors. The concours judging hasn't reached this level yet... ;)

Best way to duplicate original would be to wire wheel them and then spray with a satin clear to keep them from starting to get typical raw metal surface rust. Used this on brake calipers also