1970 Trans Am 12-Bolt Axle Color

[ronzz572]

Hopefully this helps. This is how I restored my 70 L78 camaro rear 12 bolt. Pretty much painted everything with the drums on it semi gloss black. The paint used on the rear axles wasn't very good and didn't hold up well.

[BCreekDave]

Originally Posted by ronzz572

Hopefully this helps. This is how I restored my 70 L78 camaro rear 12 bolt. Pretty much painted everything with the drums on it semi gloss black. The paint used on the rear axles wasn't very good and didn't hold up well.

Don't want to get too off-topic here, but are the sway bar bracket caps silver or is it just the flash?
Now, back to your regularly scheduled thread......

[ronzz572]

Originally Posted by BCreekDave

Don't want to get too off-topic here, but are the sway bar bracket caps silver or is it just the flash?
Now, back to your regularly scheduled thread......

The sway bar drop rods and caps were NOS and came with no paint natural steel. The sway bar mount caps at each end are the originals and are painted semi gloss black. When I removed them there was black paint inside the caps. So based on that I painted them semi gloss black. Also after a evaporust treatment evidence of black was on the exterior. The rear end appeared to never been out of the car when I removed it. So I went with the finishes I saw.