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Old May 11, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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Painting tower bars?
This might be a dumb question, but does a tower bar flex enough from normal wear and tear to cause paint to flake or peel?
 
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Old May 11, 2007 | 03:01 PM
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I painted the front upper shock tower bar in my del Sol a few years ago and have not had a single problem with the paint. You should be good to go.
 
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Old May 11, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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What kind of paint would be ideal to paint the tower bars?
 
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Old May 11, 2007 | 08:36 PM
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Get a decent primer and use a paint designed for metal. I like to use wrinkle-type paint that looks like an ITR valve cover.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 03:06 AM
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Yeah, I prefer to scour the metal heavily, then add primer, then paint.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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Get a decent primer and use a paint designed for metal.
A touch up spray that is the same color as my car would be fine, right?
 
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 05:12 PM
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Does anyone have pics of painted bars that they can share?

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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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Here's mine. Tanabe bars come redish stock but it clashed with my intake so I tried to match the color a bit better...Close, but needs to be a touch more orange.
 
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