Pre-painted parts

[Steve L.]

What do you do with pre-painted parts like A-arms, differential cross member, etc. that are supplied by the vendors. Do you use them as-is or do you apply a better paint such as DPLF90 over the paint. Perhaps strip the pre-paint and use DPLF90(seems like a lot of work.

Steve L
73 coupe since new

[Joe L.]

Re: Pre-painted parts

What do you do with pre-painted parts like A-arms, differential cross member, etc. that are supplied by the vendors. Do you use them as-is or do you apply a better paint such as DPLF90 over the paint. Perhaps strip the pre-paint and use DPLF90(seems like a lot of work.

Steve L
73 coupe since new

Steve-----


You do one of the following:

1) IF AVAILABLE and you wish to use your own paint, you request the supplying vendor to leave the parts UNPAINTED;

2) Other than the above, you leave them painted as they are supplied.

If you attempt to strip and re-paint assemblies, you'll usually end up with something that was better left the way it was received.

If you overpaint, you'll end up with too thick-looking paint and you may end up with paint incompatibility problems.