Rear hub carrier finishes?
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I did a search on the forum to find out how to remove the hubs - very useful earlier posts. Managed to remove one but the other is a right b----r!
Still during the process I got to thinking how to re finish the alloy section on the hub carrier and also the alloy cover on the diff.
I've tried three sample processes so far - glass bead and aluminium oxide in the blast cabinet and finally soda blasting.
None have provided a nice uniform finish however does it matter? or should one prepare with Alu oxide to provide a nice key and then finish with a uniform paint finish? or just leave 'eau naturale'
Still during the process I got to thinking how to re finish the alloy section on the hub carrier and also the alloy cover on the diff.
I've tried three sample processes so far - glass bead and aluminium oxide in the blast cabinet and finally soda blasting.
None have provided a nice uniform finish however does it matter? or should one prepare with Alu oxide to provide a nice key and then finish with a uniform paint finish? or just leave 'eau naturale'
- richard sprint
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Hi Richard,
I evened out the finish with aluma-bright and steel wool after media blasting and left both the hub carriier and diff carrier natural ( unpainted) -
other finishes -
rear arms por15 with satin enamel over ( for some reason I decided to kill the gloss ?)
hubs as delivered by TTR
brake caliper un-finished aluminum
emergency brake , grey enamel
I evened out the finish with aluma-bright and steel wool after media blasting and left both the hub carriier and diff carrier natural ( unpainted) -
other finishes -
rear arms por15 with satin enamel over ( for some reason I decided to kill the gloss ?)
hubs as delivered by TTR
brake caliper un-finished aluminum
emergency brake , grey enamel
- cabc26b
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