What color to paint 69 B body LCA's and other...?
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I noticed in pictures of well restored 69 B body cars that the lower control arms, and a few other suspension items are not black, but a silver in color. Can anyone provide me with a paint color or code for these specific parts? Maybe there's another thread about this that didn't come up in my search.
In other words what parts are black, and what parts are not black, and if not black, what color are they?
Thanks!
-Dan
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Re: What color to paint 69 B body LCA's and other...?
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Re: What color to paint 69 B body LCA's and other...?
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I'm getting ready to paint all of these parts, and I'd like to do the best job at looking somewhat factory in appearance. If something was left in bare metal, I'll likely use a protective paint that resembles bare metal etc. These pics are from a 1970 B body resto. I have no idea how "original" it appears, but it sure does look nice. Any comments on the above pics? Specifically what looks correct, and what doesn't? Again, I'm just trying to decide which colors to use on these parts. Thanks. -dan
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Re: What color to paint 69 B body LCA's and other...?
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Upper control arms can be either black or bare. Depending on the vendor used at the time.
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Re: What color to paint 69 B body LCA's and other...?
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Re: What color to paint 69 B body LCA's and other...?
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I'm at the same point in the process (69 Coronet R/T) as you and have many of the same questions. So far my plan is LCA's = quasimoline http://www.restorick.com/proddetail.asp?prod=PntQuasimolineK member = Eastwoods Extreme chassis black or 2K ceramic chassis black. anyone with opinions on these products? is it worth getting an HVLP as this could be used for lots of other parts (i.e., are the paint products that much better that it will pay off in the long run? realistically if a few pieces nee to be sent out to be sprayed likely would pay for the unit pretty quickly.)? should this be gloss????????? my thought is gloss for the k member. Pitman arm, idler arm, center link, tie rod ends and adjusters, and spindles = all shades of gray like Seymour's cast blast, eastwood detail gray, eastwoods zinc phosphate. what would you use to top (clear) coat these? and which other parts would you clear coat? sway bar and strut bars = shades of gray.....this post is saying black for the sway bar though....need to confirm which is correct. anyone know for sure? now leaning towards black. what about the mounting brackets for the bar.... drums/backing = eastwoods brake Gray. Interested in the red circles in the above pictures on the drums. Resto Rick sells this paint, but haven't seen these circles a lot. what cars received them? upper control arms? I am uncertain. was leaning towards a "natural" look, but was uncertain what this would be. do you need something more silver than one of the cast gray products? what about steering boxes? where manual boxes natural (cast gray) and power boxes black? Heard this, but doesn't make sense why the power ones would be painted. Hope i helped and hope some of the responses to my question will help also.
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Re: What color to paint 69 B body LCA's and other...?
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Upper control arms can be either black or bare. Depending on the vendor used at the time.
I have never seen an original upper control arm in black...there have been over the counter relacement UCA'a and LCA's in black that may have found their way on a car early in its life - which would look original 35-40 years later.
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