Battery Hold Down/Shield Plated?

[Larry M.]

On a 64 mine is plated (yellow, likely yellow zinc) and then painted black. They AIM calls for two parts spot welded together and I guess then painted. So I'm pretty sure I have a repro but the question is this. Should there be plating?? I doubt it. Paragon sells a repro which is plated and that may be where mine came from.

[Joe L.]

Re: Battery Hold Down/Shield Plated?

On a 64 mine is plated (yellow, likely yellow zinc) and then painted black. They AIM calls for two parts spot welded together and I guess then painted. So I'm pretty sure I have a repro but the question is this. Should there be plating?? I doubt it. Paragon sells a repro which is plated and that may be where mine came from.

Larry------


I'm not real familiar with this part. However, I can tell you this: GM component parts may be either plated or painted. Sometimes, the GM spec for the part allows the manufacturer to apply either finish, optionally. However, I don't know of a single case in which any GM part receives both plating and painting. If painted, it's usually over bare metal.

[Joe R.]

Re: Battery Hold Down/Shield Plated?

Yes, repos are yellow cad but there should be no problem painting over the yellow cad.

Originals were black. They were originally dipped.

JR