Rear spring ?
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Racer
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From: GA
Rear spring ?
I just took my 9 leaf spring apart to clean/paint/liners etc. I have 1 leaf that has some pitting. Can this leaf be re-used? If the leaf can be re-used, who has the best liners? This spring is off a '71 and looks 'black' to me. I thought these were supposed to be 'gray'?
Thanks
Thanks
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All liners are black and the spring leafs are grey. I believe the liners are still from Delco. Walmart, believe it or not, has a grey that is really close to original and will pass w/NCRS if thats the route your going.
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No problem. It's Krylon's Smoke Grey #1608. I don't have any in stock. I don't even stock steel springs any more. We just order them up when we do a rolling chassis or if someone brings us a spring to rebuild. Ecklers or Zip should have them.
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St. Jude Donor '11, '17
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I got my liners from Ecklers and cut them down to size, used the old ones for templates - they were black.
After I had my springs blasted I primed and painted with the Krylon smoke gray, came out nice
Swede
After I had my springs blasted I primed and painted with the Krylon smoke gray, came out nice
Swede
