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Offline R/T hedkace

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Front bumper brackets
« on: February 09, 2006 - 07:46:31 PM »
Was just wondering what's the norm for the front bumper brackets as far as prep, and painting is concerned. I'm in the process of cleaning mine up, but noticed some type of undercoating, and also paint (overspary?)  :dunno:
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Offline Chryco Psycho

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Re: Front bumper brackets
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2006 - 11:45:57 PM »
nowhere near correct but I would blast them & powder coat them

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Re: Front bumper brackets
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2006 - 12:39:19 PM »
Thanks Chryco, I've been blasting them, but when I seperated them it was a bit "scaley"  for lack of a more accurate word.  :dunno: where they were connected together. Any advice for my next step? Completely remove all the rust?  And as far as powder coating them, a great idea, but I do not have access to a powder coating facility, so I'm hoping to finish these myself  :1zhelp:
Please excuse my stupidity  :eek4: :icon16: :eek7: I am bit in the dark still when it comes to "proper" body work technics.   Thanks man  :thumbsup:





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Re: Front bumper brackets
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2006 - 06:13:44 PM »
I'd sandblast them first , etching primer then Rustoleum . At least then they'd be safe till you're ready to use them...hey , just my 2 cents... :2cents:

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Re: Front bumper brackets
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2006 - 10:13:00 PM »
it is common for them to build Scale , deteriorate between the 2 brackets , but you need to completely strip the rust
 Eastwoods has a small powder coat system & you need an oven but you could coat them yourself 

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Re: Front bumper brackets
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2006 - 07:40:37 PM »
Thanks again Chryco  :thumbsup:

440, is that from experience  :dunno:
glad to see you made it over to the darkside  :lol:





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1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 4speed Dana
1970 Dodge Super Bee
1969 Barracuda
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