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#1 NDT

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Posted 18 August 2019 - 11:37 AM

Does anyone know what colour subframes would have originally been painted? Thanks

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Posted 18 August 2019 - 11:38 AM

And suspension arms, hubs etc?

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Posted 18 August 2019 - 11:46 AM

I think the one I took out of my Mark 1 was black and had the word MOWOG stensiled onto it in white paint across the rear crossmember.

 

Of course it was mostly rust and underseal on the bottom (and a lot of fresh air hence its removal!).



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Posted 18 August 2019 - 01:43 PM

Thanks. Will put a nice coat of black enamel over my POR15 then!

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Posted 18 August 2019 - 02:21 PM

Paint the front one white.

 

You will be very glad that you did, when, one late evening, you drop a nut or bolt down the back of the engine.

 

A white rear one soon goes the colour of the local earth, but the occasional wash off, shows up any rust .



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Posted 18 August 2019 - 08:09 PM

best to get the front one powdercoated gloss black - powdercoating is much more resistant to brake fluid etc.

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Posted 20 August 2019 - 03:52 PM

I went for satin black. To me it looked more like the original finish than gloss but that's just my opinion






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