So i'm going to be installing the following Lower Control Arms.....

Now the real question, sand and paint them Red, or keep them black??

For reference

Future items that will be red.......panhard bar, torque arm, wonderbar

Already got red SFC's, red tranny crossmember and red lowering springs....


So should i paint these red as well??

 

Since they are already powdercoated black I would keep them that way. Red paint would look sloppy and eventually flake off.

 

I think u should just order all those parts in black

 

I agree. Teal with red? Sounds funky.

 

I've already got some red parts under there right now

The lowering springs are red, you just can't see them in this picture.......


Opinions?

 

keep it black, jmo

- nick

 

Leave them black... and it looks like you got one dinky sway bar for having an LS1

 

I think you shold paint your undercarriage satin blck, then the red will stand out and look better, but keep the LCAs black as they are now

 

double post

 

Keep em black

 

teal car, black accessories....

you need to clean up that underside as well if your going to worry about what color things are under there.


what about silver? kenny brown offers a third option just like hotchkis or go polished which looks even better.

 

i say black. teal w/red doesn't work for me either.

when i saw the thread title, i thought it was gonna be about seats, lol. i was about to come in and start flaming!

 

leave it black , they look good. Theur no reason to try and make them red.

 

308 gears? yikes...

I'd say keep 'em black. Why not the adjustable ones?

 

I say black. But I cant really talk because the underside of my cars are all sorts of different colors hahaha.

 

Ummm....They are 3.42 gears, no 3.08 gears came in a 1999 SS


Black has a commanding lead of 15/19 votes.......:lala:

I can't do anything about the wonderbar and panhard bar, i already ordered them powdercoated red.......

 

yeah, since they're powdercoated i say leave 'em.. plus u get to keep those cool hotchkis logos on them...

 

black, i hate red suspension components, they are too hard to keep clean.

 

hey FLYNLOW, what RPM does your car ride at around 60 MPH with those 3.42s? thanks

 

what he said

except for pulling ~1500 RPM at ~60 MPH, 2.73's suck...

brandon

 

Get them in black. Eventually they will get dirty and look black anyways, why not just speed the process up

 

I don't see where he said tht but I already have 2.73s, and that it not what I asked.

 

i was quoting what u asked, but u didn't need my information because u already knew it yourself,seeing we have the same gearing

i'm curious also as to what rpms he pulls cruising cuz i'm looking into 3.42's also...

 

oh got ya, I thought you were quoting him in an earlier post, my bad.

 

remember, he has a 6speed with a .5:1 final drive...with your auto which is a .7:1 final drive, 3.42's will net your 70mph cruises in at 2200rpms.

check this out:
www.f-body.org/gears/

 

its cool

 

that's not bad at all...