[DeTomaso] Nickle plating on suspension arms

[Tom Borcich]

Charles, that's good info....funny my upper arms are powder coated and have 
a few minor spots of rust. But
when I tried to bead blast the powder coating it takes for ever, same thing 
when I hit it with a wire wheel.
Robert in Australia coated his a-arms with wheel spray paint and they look 
great...just don't know how long it lasts,
especially being in LA county, all the chemicals that have been removed from 
the paint makes it crap due to the
EPA rules.

Best regards,

Tom
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From: " Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 4:22 PM
To: "'Tom Borcich'" <tborcich at msn.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Nickle plating on suspension arms

> 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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