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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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I blasted my sways bars. Should I have them cadmium plated or paint them? I'm not sure what they would have looked like in thier original condition.
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paint them, you do not want to stress the metal,
by submitting them to unkown chemical or heat process.
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Scot,

The sway bars are supposed to be natural steel or semi gloss dipped.
If you had them blasted, I would paint it.

Most of the original 72 cars (mine included) I have looked at through NCRS or otherwise, have all had remnants of black paint on the sway bar.

The natural ones seem to be more prevalent 1970 time frame.

I also think it just depended on what the factory was using. I believe that they came shipped either way, just depended on the manufacturer.
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Scot,

The sway bars are supposed to be natural steel or semi gloss dipped.
If you had them blasted, I would paint it.

Most of the original 72 cars (mine included) I have looked at through NCRS or otherwise, have all had remnants of black paint on the sway bar.

The natural ones seem to be more prevalent 1970 time frame.

I also think it just depended on what the factory was using. I believe that they came shipped either way, just depended on the manufacturer.
Bill,

That answers my question, I'll paint them. 69Vette makes a good point on the heat/chemicals as well. I need to break down and buy the NCRS manual. Even though I'm not going that route 100%, it would help me know what the parts are supposed to look like.
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