I Pulled of my rear brake drum covers today. Planning on taking them to school with me tomorrow and sandblast them during my Ind. Study. I also picked up some rubberized undercoating thats heat resistant so i plan on painting them with that. So that will clean them up nicely And get them looking decent. In a few weeks im going to box my suspension parts and paint ti with the same stuff because its a rust inhibitor. So hopefully that will do some good. Anyone done anything like this? If so what did you paint hem with or put on them?

 

It sounds like you have a good idea on what to do. Boxing your factory suspension is a nice cheap alternative to buying new or used tubular parts. I painted my rearend with black engine enamel paint, but cannot comment on how it holds up to the abuse of a daily driver yet alone a weekend cruiser because mine has been in the garage since I started the restoration. I've been debating on pulling the rear back down and giving it a coat of POR-15 because I am alittle unsure of how well the paint will hold up in the long run. My car is not planned to be a show car or anything, but I like my stuff to look good and I am not a fan or doing some stuff twice unless needed, so check out POR-15 because I have heard nothing but rave reveiws of it, it just might make your life alittle easier a few years down the line.

 

the abuse was the main reason i looked into the bed liner/ undercoating type of thing for these parts. If i keep my stock rear end ill be painting that as well. If the undercoating holds up i will be doign it in that because its not all that expensive. The stuff i am planning o using is 7 bucks for a 16.5 oz can

 

Sand blast then POR-15. This stuff is the ****. Best part is it is self leveling so it ends up looking like powercoating. I used this on my 4gen front spindles b/c on the abs sensor. Just bushed it on and wake away. Don't used off the self rubber undercoating!