In a message dated 1/5/04 5:55:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, crossram@xxxx writes: > > Everything else (spindles; lower control arms; steering arms, strut bars, > tie rods and all steering linkages) should be left "au naturel" - bare > metal. > > I have used Eastwood's "Nyalic" in the past with less than great result. > Even though the parts were carefully bead-blasted to within an inch of their > lives, and carefully covered in two or three coats of the Nyalic stuff, they > did start to rust after a short time. I did talk to my local powdercoating > shop, and alas, clear powdercoating is not available. > > Not sure what I'll do with the next project. Maybe buy a few cans of clear > Rust-Oleum and try that instead. Anyone out there have any comments or > suggestions? THE "NATURAL" BARE METAL PARTS CAN BE JET HOT "CERAMIC" COATED. IT'S THE COATING STREET RODDERS USE ON HEADERS. IT ALSO COMES IN A CAST IRON COLOR. IT WOULD BE A FOREVER SOLUTION. AFTER RESTORING 1 CAR YOU LEARN TO DO IT ONCE & DO IT RIGHT. STEVE ESTOK, TOMS RIVER, NJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]