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04-18-2015, 05:06 PM
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Painting front end parts....what color gray?
Hello,
I am redoing the front end on my 70 Chevelle SS. All new Moog tie rods, center link, etc.... So I was bouncing around on team chevelle and there is a mixed bag of answers on the right color of these cast iron pieces. I have Eastwood Spray Gray and Eastwood Detail Gray. The Detail Gray is much lighter. The Spray Gray is the exact color of cast iron. I am leaning towards Spray Gray/ cast iron color but so many front ends are painted the lighter steel gray. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!! Anthony
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1969 Camaro SS/RS L78, 4 spd, Hugger Orange 1970 Chevelle SS LS5,79k original miles, Black 
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04-19-2015, 02:30 AM
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Re: Painting front end parts....what color gray?
i use the detail gray on all of my suspension pieces
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1982 Pontiac Grand Prix- Dove Gray (Turbo LS swap in the works!) 1967 Chevelle SS396- Tuxedo Black- SOLD 1972 Oldsmobile 442 W29 Convertible- Sunfire Yellow- SOLD 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle/Malibu- Dover White- SOLD 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme- Silver- SOLD 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS- Maroon- STOLEN 
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04-19-2015, 04:47 AM
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Re: Painting front end parts....what color gray?
Product Line: Martin Senour
Part Number: MS 7250 Spray Paint - Specialty Colors, 15 oz; Tecnique Iron/BLOCK Cast NAPA
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69 Los Z11 68 SS/RS 396/325 68 Los Z28 
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#4
04-22-2015, 03:29 PM
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Re: Painting front end parts....what color gray?
I bead blast and then dip them in quick black. I then spray them with a light oil. ECS has a product called RPM that is good as well. Tumbling is better than bead blasting if you have access to one large enough. But - this is for a factory bare metal look. I do that for restoring an original part to a correct finish. But - for something you want to drive - I guess painting would be far more durable and less maintenance. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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#5
04-23-2015, 02:14 AM
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Re: Painting front end parts....what color gray?
If you want to have them natural like they left the factory, bare metal and rpm work nice. The center link on a camaro has a dark finish, possibly related to heat treatment along with the piece that bolts to the frame. I cleaned mine and used a gun bluing kit to blacken them. I noticed a friends 68 442 today looked dark also. I think I treated mine with rpm after bluing
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04-23-2015, 02:27 AM
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Re: Painting front end parts....what color gray?
 Here you can see bare metal where I bead blasted compared to the dark factory finish
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Bill
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#7
04-24-2015, 09:22 PM
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Re: Painting front end parts....what color gray?
With regards to rust prevention.........I'm a big fan of <span style="font-weight: bold">FLUID FILM</span>
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Chuck Sharin [email protected] Auburn,WA (30 miles South of Seattle) 70 Camaro R/S Z-28, L-78, R/S SS 69 Camaro COPO "recreation"
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#8
04-25-2015, 04:44 AM
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Re: Painting front end parts....what color gray?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CamarosRus</div><div class="ubbcode-body">With regards to rust prevention.........I'm a big fan of <span style="font-weight: bold">FLUID FILM</span> </div></div> X2
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