after cleaning my trailing arms up with a wire brush attachment on a
drill, i wiped them down with a solvent to remove any grease and then
painted them with Dupli-Color spray paint (available at wal-mart, about $2)
and they look great! the color i used is #1650, cast coat aluminum.
since my car isn't running yet, i can't speak to how long the paint will
last, but the arms sure look nice sitting in my garage.
Tom Di Iulio
1976 TR6 (new muffler re-attached)
Denver, Co
-----Original Message-----
From: D. Michael Scott <dms@snip.net>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 10:34 PM
Subject: Paint a TR6 Trailing Arm-Original condition??2
>
>Please excuse the previous mistaken message without text.
>
>I understand that the trailing arm is aluminum, and I read a lister
>painted his an aluminum color. Currently rebuilding my rear suspension,
>I was wondering how the trailing arms looked when they were delivered
>from the factory - nice raw aluminum shiny or sprayed over for
>protection with flat black?? Must admit to being a diehard rust
>fighter, tending to paint rust prone areas with a rust stabilizer/enamel
>- though I guess it will not do much for aluminum. I suppose aluminum
>does not rust as steel does, but may oxidize or be prone to
>cracks/gouges, so maybe the protective enamel may help.
>
>Guess it really doesn't matter about the color in this area of your
>car. However, any comments or suggestions about aluminum parts,
>original condition, and recs for keeping your aluminum parts in good
>condition - from an underbody view, would be appreciated??
>
> Thanks again, D. Michael
>
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