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Were all third gen lower control arms painted? i ask this because i am in the middle of cleaning mine and found that the end where the ball joint is pressed in is painted what looks to be chevy orange. This control arm came off of the passenger side. i haven't done the driver's side yet. This may be miniscule but i was really curious. Some background about the car: My brother bought the car new and in 2001 it was sold to me. I asked him if he ever had the control arms replaced or serviced in anyway and he said he never did. If anyone can shed some light on this it would be awesome!
-Mark
__________________ 1988 Trans Am GTA
Flame Red Metallic, blown up 5.0L/305 Cid (LB9), 350 on the way,T-tops, 700-R4 trans (MD8) soon to be WC T-5, WS6, 4 wheel disc (soon to be 1LE set up), 16" GTA gold diamond spoke wheels, BFG KDWS, digital dash, borg-warner 9-bolt 3.27 limited slip differential, 52mm Holley throttle body, PREMIUM GAS ONLY (93 octane), dynomax exhaust, K&N air filter, AC delco stock plugs and wires, AC delco stock oil filter. 36mm front sway bar (stock), 24mm rear sway bar (stock), ES polyurethane front sway bar endlinks, spohn greaseable polyurethane front sway bar bushings, KYB GR-2 struts, KYB gas-a-just rear shocks, more mods to come.
Typically the suspension pieces would be either painted in a semi-gloss black, or not at all. The front control arms were barely painted, the rear 10 bolt axle was not painted, the drive shaft was not painted. The rear control arms, & pan hard bar were painted semigloss black, the tork arm was painted, the sway bars were barely painted semi-glss black, the idler arm and front steering pieces I pained mine black, and I think they were originally black.
__________________ 87 FORMULA - 5.1 LB9/A4 T-tops 3.73 Modified (Yellow/Black)
87 FORMULA - 5.0 LB9/M5 T-tops 3.45 (Yellow/Gray)
89 FORMULA 350 - CONVERTIBLE 3.27 All original (Red/Gray) www.3rdgenformula.com
