May be applicable to other parts as well.
I'm planing to swap my rear subframe, the one I'm putting in is a little rusty. I'm not crazy about installing it in this condition. I wanted to get it galvanized but the Galvanising place told me that I have to have the paint sandblasted before the galvanising. I asked a sandblasting place and they told be that the sandblasting will only remove the paint on the ouside of the subframe, not the hollow inside surfaces.
Anyone restored his subframe and/or has any useful suggestions?
Thanks,
Avner.
Rear subframe restoration Q.
Moderator: martauto
best thing to do is get a subframe without and holes or hollows.
this is what i did with my car. i then power washed the subframe - let it dry and gave it 2 coats of black triflow paint.
job well done methinks!!
this is what i did with my car. i then power washed the subframe - let it dry and gave it 2 coats of black triflow paint.
job well done methinks!!
Took mine off this week and dropped it off (and the trailing arms after modifying them) to HI Tec finishers in Quedgeley, Gloucester. They are going to grit blast them back to bare metal and powder coat them in gloss black. Job done for Ԛ£50.00.
Just make sure that you take out the old bushes and bearings first. They will protect the hub inners and bush recesses from the process so you don't have to worry about that. Whole process take a few days.
I would have steam cleaned them and hand painted them with marine piling paint but this only lasted about 18 months when I did it on the '2002'
The main problem with home finishing things like this is the ingress of moisture and the fact that providing a good key to the surface is hard work by hand. Also the grit blasting gets the rust out of the worst and most important places - the weld tracts, also the hardest places to descale by hand. Just my two pennies worth.
HTH
Hope that helps.
Just make sure that you take out the old bushes and bearings first. They will protect the hub inners and bush recesses from the process so you don't have to worry about that. Whole process take a few days.
I would have steam cleaned them and hand painted them with marine piling paint but this only lasted about 18 months when I did it on the '2002'
The main problem with home finishing things like this is the ingress of moisture and the fact that providing a good key to the surface is hard work by hand. Also the grit blasting gets the rust out of the worst and most important places - the weld tracts, also the hardest places to descale by hand. Just my two pennies worth.
HTH
Hope that helps.