I have decided to powder coat my leaf springs, my Powder Coater showed my some parts he did in a color called "Black Jack" and since I'm not 100% certain they were bare, since there are some small flakes of black I think this will be a good maintenance free choice. I'm not going for O.E. concourse but do want thing to resemble factory somewhat. Thanks for all the help and advice.

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