RESTORE/PAINT TORSION BARS
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Hello there, Im planing on refinish the torsion bars on my car soon.Want to have OE look with the drips on the bars. www.moparmusclemagazine.com/techarticles/suspension/mopp_9910_torsion_bar_restoration_and_detailing/Have 2 questions: Nr 1. I would like to know if the very end of the bars should be masked off like the flat areas-were the id stamping is? Or if the id stamping area was covered in paint originally on cars? Nr 2. I have read the threads how to paint them and everything.. And i would like to know what paint to use IF i want the correct shine on the bars.. What paint is to prefer in can or spraypaint.. I want correct shine in the black and durability without dulling.. THANKS Nicklas 
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Re: RESTORE/PAINT TORSION BARS
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12/22/13 02:49 PM
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Dipping them in a homemade through is your best choice, I like to use POR-15 chassis black rust converter for this process, drys hard like rock, has just about the correct sheen/gloss, and wears well, takes a few days to fully dry, what I do find "funny" is most restorers will face all the dripped edge of the bars facing down when installing them in a vehicle, I'd avoid that, as I don't think the assembly line workers where directed to install the bars in that orientation, the dipping was a hasty way for the supplier to coat the bars, nothing more, nothing less
Mike
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Re: RESTORE/PAINT TORSION BARS
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12/22/13 04:09 PM
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Dipping them in a homemade through is your best choice, I like to use POR-15 chassis black rust converter for this process, drys hard like rock, has just about the correct sheen/gloss, and wears well, takes a few days to fully dry, what I do find "funny" is most restorers will face all the dripped edge of the bars facing down when installing them in a vehicle, I'd avoid that, as I don't think the assembly line workers where directed to install the bars in that orientation, the dipping was a hasty way for the supplier to coat the bars, nothing more, nothing less
Mike
Thanks Mike, You got an intresting point there,almost all drips are facing down on the restored cars have seen. 
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Re: RESTORE/PAINT TORSION BARS
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Do you know if the id stamping area on the very end of the bars should be covered in paint also? Or are they masked like the flat areas on the ends?
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Re: RESTORE/PAINT TORSION BARS
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..right bar with one blue paint mark and the left with 2 blue paint markers?
Stripe colors depended on the size of the torsion bar.
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Re: RESTORE/PAINT TORSION BARS
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I meant this area,should it be black also??
The very end where the id stamping is..
The bars i have should have silver/alu pencil strips.
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Re: RESTORE/PAINT TORSION BARS
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I meant this area,should it be black also?
The bars i have should have silver/alu pencil strips.
Is that a picture of the bottom of your car?
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Re: RESTORE/PAINT TORSION BARS
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12/27/13 08:34 PM
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Set the bar flats on saw horses, get a quart of rustoleum gloss black, pore it over the bars, let cure! The heavy gloss paint will dye back to semi-gloss.
Check out the Dorn's 69 Barracuda "Switchblade" in the Nov.2010 MCG
Check out the Dorn's refurbished 36 Ford in the Feb.2011 Street Rodder
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Re: RESTORE/PAINT TORSION BARS
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I meant this area,should it be black also??
The very end where the id stamping is..
The bars i have should have silver/alu pencil strips.
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