Got em cleaned and ready for paint. Trying to decide between flat or gloss black or maybe silver?
Got em cleaned and ready for paint. Trying to decide between flat or gloss black or maybe silver?
FYI: OEM was gloss black.
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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.Originally Posted by MikeFleming
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Mine were natural as could be for a 28 year old car- black grime!
PM Mitch (Meotchh) or Dave (DaveS) with the details. Our tech support staff.I would post pics from Daniel Carpenter's cars, but I have had zero success lately getting pics to load on this site.
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300 mile '86 CP.
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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.
1986 2R Comp Prep
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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...
1986 2R Comp Prep
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I bet those things sure made a lot of racket tumbling around in that washing machine.
Got to love those Kenmore's!
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 alsoActually, 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...
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