Just wondering if anyone has polished and clear coated their aluminum N-body spindles and control arms? I know that misnblu hit his with a wire brush. I was thinking about polishing mine up and clearing them like I would an engine component. I really like to have a "clean" car. I know that this is exposed to the elements, and no one would ever see it but me, but I would know. I hate seeing the crud under my car when I work on it and was wondering if this would make it easier to clean. Thanks in advance.

Sig'less since '02!

i would just blast them and have the cleared with a good automotive clear. Prolly the best route for a non trailer queen show car.

old man gary polished the @!#$ out of his.. I on the other hand just went for a silver powdercoat..
see in the background here

here's gary's.

i have a couple more pics of his CA's. they look fantastic.

I glass beaded, and anodized mine. they are a dark grey!

so jealous of gary's arm's. really wish i had spent the time to do that. however, mine is exposed to the elements all year unlike his.


my carDomain updated 6/11/10 Forged and Supercharged

I've been going back and forth between powdercoating and anodizing on mine, but lately I've been having fun polishing stuff, so I have given it some thought of making them mirror finished. I have a few sets of N-body spindles, so maybe I'll polish one set up and see how I like it, and post some pics.

I was too lazy to polish although it wouldn't have been that hard to do so.
Since I was more worried about the performance aspect of the mod over the aesthetics, I just decided to wire brush the arms instead of the full boat polish.
I must say though that gary's control arms give me a chub for sure. NIce work and was my inspiration for doing the control arm mod in his how to a few years back.



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Thank you Dave and JBO!

ill be getting my aluminum arms chromed here pretty soon, hopefully a set of malibu aluminum knuckles as well but we'll see...

i know scott lafngas clear powdercoated his and they looked like brand new aluminum. best part is they will stay that way.



180hp in 1989 or 145hp in 2002, you decide. >

I am still debating on what color my control arms will be ( chrome, bronze or body color powder coat )

Not to change the subject but does anyone have a picture of stock Jbody spindles next to N body Aluminum ones??






Jason
99 Z24 Supercharged
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Garys CA`s are amazing... i want them now!

I bought a blast cabinet and have finished the front suspension clean up. Now on to the IRS rear. Hopefully I will still have the motivation to polish after everything is clean.


Sig'less since '02!

Out of curiosity, what media did you chose to go with?

I used the glass beads from harbor freight 80 grit, it is very gentle on the aluminum. Nice satin finish.


Sig'less since '02!

redbeansandrice wrote:I used the glass beads from harbor freight 80 grit, it is very gentle on the aluminum. Nice satin finish.

Yeah, I like glass bead on aluminum. I was just curious, because a lot of people just get Black Beauty and use it for everything.

I like glass bead on aluminum over Black Beauty, but it is really personal preference.





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