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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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Can anyone comment on how the "brownish-bronzy" finish of the Moog upper ball-joint tops holds up? I don't mind the industrial look of them out of the box, I just don't want them to start rusting after they are installed. I'm debating whether to spray them with black semi-gloss to avoid that potential problem.
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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I vote , clean and spray, 5 minutes work, no worries, specially if they salt the roads there
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Mine came black and after a couple years they are still the way they were when I put them on.
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Keep them covered with grease. They'll look black and never rust.
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I paint them with Rustoleum black hammertone paint...
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Just to follow up, I decided to paint them satin black as there were a couple of spot welds on the top plate that looked like they might rust. FWIW, the lower Moog BJs that I installed 2 summers ago have the same finish and still look fine (even though you can't see them without looking underneath).

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