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Re: winshield post

To: Bkitterer@aol.com
Subject: Re: winshield post
From: Rick/Carolyn <walters@mail.softcom.net>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 09:54:27 +0000
Cc: ldsp@flash.net, spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
References: <f8f3e7fc.35cbfbe0@aol.com>
Reply-to: Rick/Carolyn <walters@mail.softcom.net>
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Yep your right,

Bob, this is why mine are polished.  I can alway rebuff them.  To
repaint I would have to remove from the car.  I used a good coat of wax
on them.  This seems to slow down the oxidation of the aluminum.

Rick



Bkitterer@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Leo Wrote
> >Hi again everyone: While getting ready for a windshield and redoing the
> 
> >frame & posts I had the posts stripped, There was a coat of grayish silver
> 
> >paint on them originally, Is this the correct coating or are they supposed
> 
> >to be polished then clear anodized which will dull the polish and turn them
> 
> >gray silver in color?
> 
> The windshield post were originally a gray silver, someone in the group
> probably has a color code if you want the correct color so you can paint them.
> If you are not going for points then you may want to consider powder coating
> the post.  There is a color available that I would be pressed to tell the
> difference from the original. The problem that we have experienced is with the
> screws which hold the post on.  From the factory the post and screws were
> painted in place on the car.  I do not know how this was done but we had to
> chip the paint away from the screws when we removed ours - we are the only
> owner of our car.  Anyway we had the heads of the screws powder coated along
> with the post.  After a couple of years rust is showing on the heads of the
> screws.  I do not know of anyway to install the screws with out doing some
> damage to the finish.  Maybe this is one reason people chose to polish the
> post.
> 
> Good Luck
> 
> Bob and Ann
> 60 Sprite

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