[DeTomaso] Nickle plating on suspension arms

[Charles Engles]

Dear Tom,


       This may be pertinent.  It may not.  I had my a arms powder painted
two decades ago.  After two trips (5000+ miles) to Vegas plus other drives,
the powder paint was shot.   I decided to have the a arms coated with the
same aluminized ceramic coating used for headers.   The first car looked so
good, that I had the other car's a arms coated, too.  Between the two of
them there is about 50,000 miles of real world road testing.   The
aluminized ceramic header coating is holding up extremely well.  If the
satin nickel process is comparable to the header coating, then I would not
expect a problem.  FWIW.


                  Warmest regards, Chuck Engles





-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Tom Borcich
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 4:16 PM
To: Pantera REALBIG forum
Subject: [DeTomaso] Nickle plating on suspension arms


I just had my ladder bar plated in a satin nickle at an exceptionally
reasonable price and it looks great. So I'm thinking
about having my a-arms done vs. painting or powder coating. Any negative to
plating a-arms. I recall on thin wall a-arms 
you should have them x-rayed prior to plating them to insure no cracks at
the welds...but those were on race cars.  
Is that a consideration with the stock arms?  As I assume the stock a-arms
are mild steel with a reasonably thick wall?

Best Regards,
 
Tom
 		 	   		  
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