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Old 09-30-2014, 06:04 AM
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The rear suspension is starting to come together. I decided to sand blast and paint the arms rather than powder coat. It saves a bit of time and money plus I liked the paint finish I got on the diff. I used the same gunmetal hammered metal paint finish on the arms.



After some discussion with Peter Allen I decided to add some bracing to the cross bar on the lower arm where the sway bar attaches. There could be potentially quite a bit of load on that piece of 1" tube so I welded a spine along it to give it a helping hand.



The next job it to get the uprights and hubs cleaned up and painted. Hopefully should have the rear end all back together on the weekend.



Still having fun.

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