Making progress again. New K is bolted in, wheelwells are painted and looking all pretty, and now I'm refurbing the whole front suspension. I'm over halfway done with that.
Basic process has been:
- Take everything apart and clean as much as possible, soaking in degreaser when necessary.
- Overnight bath in oxalic acid, which works miracles at removing rust, and is cheap.
- Finish cleaning up, remove last of rust, use degreaser then metal prep to finish prep work.
- Prime.
- Paint (high temp paint).
- Enjoy another beer while admiring the fine result.
I'm going to let it all dry for a week or so before I press in all the new bushings and such.
Oh yeah, and I FINALLY procured a nice passenger's side view mirror! I WAY overpaid for it, but at least I have one now.
Top one (upper control arm) is about what the parts look like after cleaning up but before oxy bath, and bottom one (lower control arm) is freshly pulled out of the overnight oxy bath... amazing!
I had some extra silver high temp paint, so I used it on the lower control arms, rest will be semi-gloss black.