Yep your right,
Bob, this is why mine are polished. I can alway rebuff them. To
repaint I would have to remove from the car. I used a good coat of wax
on them. This seems to slow down the oxidation of the aluminum.
Rick
Bkitterer@aol.com wrote:
>
> Leo Wrote
> >Hi again everyone: While getting ready for a windshield and redoing the
>
> >frame & posts I had the posts stripped, There was a coat of grayish silver
>
> >paint on them originally, Is this the correct coating or are they supposed
>
> >to be polished then clear anodized which will dull the polish and turn them
>
> >gray silver in color?
>
> The windshield post were originally a gray silver, someone in the group
> probably has a color code if you want the correct color so you can paint them.
> If you are not going for points then you may want to consider powder coating
> the post. There is a color available that I would be pressed to tell the
> difference from the original. The problem that we have experienced is with the
> screws which hold the post on. From the factory the post and screws were
> painted in place on the car. I do not know how this was done but we had to
> chip the paint away from the screws when we removed ours - we are the only
> owner of our car. Anyway we had the heads of the screws powder coated along
> with the post. After a couple of years rust is showing on the heads of the
> screws. I do not know of anyway to install the screws with out doing some
> damage to the finish. Maybe this is one reason people chose to polish the
> post.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Bob and Ann
> 60 Sprite
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