Author Topic: Painting upper control arms  (Read 788 times)

Offline bobs73challenger

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Painting upper control arms
« on: July 30, 2016 - 01:44:49 PM »
Hey everyone,

My upper control arms are off the car, bare, blasted, and clean.

I'm getting ready to hit them with some chassis black paint.

Do I want to have the bushings and ball joints pressed back in before I paint, or after? 

Thanks!


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Offline lulurocks

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Re: Painting upper control arms
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2016 - 02:01:04 PM »
My vote is before ...

I think you will gouge your nice paint after pressing and screwing stuff in .

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Re: Painting upper control arms
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2016 - 02:21:57 PM »
If you want them black, them paint them altogether it won't really matter, but at least they won't get scratched :dunno:
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Offline jhaag

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Re: Painting upper control arms
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2016 - 03:52:22 PM »
powder coated mine. installed bushings and ball joint carefully afterword afterward. no scratches
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