Dust Covers

[68l30]

??? What have you guy's been using for front spindle dust covers? I'm currently in the process of metal working the dings out of my "born with" set and have a repro set on order. I'm not sure how I feel about the bright Zinc finish on the new ones. I think it needs to be toned down some to be correct. Has anyone aged or refinished them ? I may stick with my old ones once they are straight, but I need a good back up.....Used set would be nice, but they are still going to need some work.


BIG

[SS427]

You can tone them down by giving them a very slight dusting in the bead blast cabinet. You could also remove the zinc finish altogether.

[m22mike]

Big
I just used a repop set on my Malibu I have been working on. I was doing plating anyway, so I striped off the bright zinc in phosphoric acid and had them cad plated. They are toned way down, not shiny at all.
I can shoot you a couple pic's if you want. There on the car.
Or, give them a quick dunk in the acid and rinse and inspect, repeat as need. That will dull them up a bit.
#3, strip the zinc, there will be a nice phosphoros coating on the steel, blow off with a air gun and a damp towell, force dry or hang in the sun ( you may have to go to AZ.) then treat with Rpm and leave the bare ?

Prep and Etch

[68l30]

Great idea, My other thought was about 15 min in the tumbler...just not long enough to leave a pattern. Not sure why this bugs me, I'm the only one who will ever see it....

BIG

[68l30]

Thanks Mike! I'm glad I'm not crazy in thinking these are incorrect as reproduced. I'll give it a shot and see how they turn out.


BIG

[enio45]

repops are not close to the nos ones - but do work.....nos ones and assembly like correct ones are bare steel.....nos ones, if u can find them are $$$ about 200 each if i recall.

big, if you do as mike suggest ref AZ.....i hang them outside my garage for you :-)

[m22mike]

assembly like correct ones are bare steel




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Eddie, bare steel ? You mean galvanized correct ? You been drinking your brothers vino again [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[camaromb]

Actually the originals are just stamped galvanized steel, you can see the crystal patterns in many low mile examples.

[68l30]

LOL...You may get a package in the mail. It's getting damn cold here....


I've not thrown in the towel on my original set....still picking and peening... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]


BIG

[SS427]

The nipple on the repops is too soft and too large and obviously the zinc in incorrect. Also I have found they usually do not fit for crap and will not hold so I have to put a series of dimples around the flange so they hold. Typical repop garbage.