Weasel73240Z Posted November 24, 2008 Share #1 Posted November 24, 2008 This winter I'm putting in a 5-speed/R-180 4.11 combo. While the car is laid up, I'm going to replace all the rear suspension bushings, struts, springs, etc. and undercoat the whole car. While all the rear suspension parts (control arms, mustache bar, diff carrier, etc.) are off, I'm planning to powdercoat them. I'm looking for color ideas, anyone got pics to share to help me decide? I'm leaning toward gun metal gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240znz Posted November 24, 2008 Share #2 Posted November 24, 2008 Hi Paul,I painted mine gloss black. Can't show you any pics sorry as the bits aren't back on the car yet...sheesh.Good luckJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiluj Posted November 24, 2008 Share #3 Posted November 24, 2008 Silver & Black. Satin black for suspension components. Powder coat is better than paint, (I painted mine).Natural aluminum for the transmission. Not sure about the correct colors for the diff, but I'm thinking black for the steel case and natural aluminum for the back cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted November 24, 2008 Share #4 Posted November 24, 2008 Silver & Black. Satin black for suspension components. Powder coat is better than paint, (I painted mine).Natural aluminum for the transmission. Not sure about the correct colors for the diff, but I'm thinking black for the steel case and natural aluminum for the back cover.Ditto, except I would say that powder coated or painted to look like natural aluminum is my preference for the trans & diff cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five&dime Posted November 24, 2008 Share #5 Posted November 24, 2008 You can look at pix of the process my dad and I went through on his current resto. We did everything in satin black urethane. Looks great IMO. Lots of before and afters here http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25643 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasel73240Z Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted November 24, 2008 The black looks great, problem is, my car still has the old undercoating. I didn't go as far with my restoration, mine was more of a very thorough refurb. So I think I should go with a color (like gray) so that the suspension can be seen against the black (undercoating) background. If the underside of my Z looked like that , and was body color, I'd keep all the suspension stuff black too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zs-ondabrain Posted November 25, 2008 Share #7 Posted November 25, 2008 Click on either one of the CarDomain links in my signiture and you'll see what I did with mine when everything was dropped. Gloss black, silver and red on the 260Z and Silver, Black and yellow and blue accents on the 240ZWhile you're there, vote for my car please. 5 Stars would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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