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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 12:56 PM
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Should I paint the subframes black or silver. Here it sits freshly glass beaded.

I wanted to make a polling thread, but that didn't work.

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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 01:04 PM
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Black.
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 01:10 PM
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Por15.
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 01:12 PM
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Black. Unless you are disciplined enough to keep it clean. Even then, black.
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 01:22 PM
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track car. black


on another note, I LOVE that you're bead blasting everything. I need to talk to you about that
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 01:55 PM
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pink and yellow.
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 02:33 PM
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Por15 or nothing.
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 04:00 PM
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black powder

Old Dec 13, 2012 | 04:12 PM
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Lakewood Yellow

... oh wait, this isn't a Mustang forum

I vote black/POR15
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 04:26 PM
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Pink-purple-orange-gold flip flop.
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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You've painted everything else on the car white besides the control arms. Correct your mistake and use white here as well lol.

Seriously though: black
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 04:57 PM
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Powder would be nice, but I don't feel like paying for it. My cost for a quart of POR15 is like 23 bucks so that's what I'm gonna use.
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 06:41 PM
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I used POR15 and it's the only thing I pained on my car that looks exactly the same as when I just painted it.
Just don't get it on your skin unless you like to have temporary tattoos (it'll wash off in a month)

Also, details on pressing out the upper ball joint?
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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The uppers were pressed out because they were sloppy in the socket. I'm going to use V8 Roadsters upper balljoints to replace them. I figure 150 for two balljoints is a lot better than 300 or whatever they are for each control arm.

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Old Dec 14, 2012 | 05:08 PM
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In all seriousness, POR15 is some bad *** stuff.

Tractor Supply used to carry their own house brand of it in farm equipment appropriate colors, too, btw. In case you really like Allis-Chalmers orange.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
pink and yellow.
pink with a kitty sticker
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