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Subject: [TR] Painting TR3A leaf springs and lever shocks
From: Mo and Dave MacKay <m.d.mackay@sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 08:36:33 -0400
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Hello:

 

I will be installing new leaf springs (Moss 851-195) and lever shocks (Moss
670-020/670-030)  in my TR3A. Before doing so, I would like to paint them.

 

>From Piggott's Original Triumph TR2/3/3A, I've learned that the springs
should be painted black and that the shocks can be either black or natural
metal colour. 

 

I've two questions:

1)      Should the black be glossy, semi-gloss, or flat?

2)      Do I need to mask off anything on the shocks to ensure that the
paint doesn't impair their operation?

 

I'd welcome any comments from those that have BTDT.

 

Thank-you,

 

Dave MacKay

1960 TR3A s/n 68639L

Near Toronto, Canada


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670-020/670-030) &nbsp;in my TR3A. Before doing so, I would like to =
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</span></span><![endif]>Do I need to mask off anything on the shocks to =
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operation?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>I&#8217;d welcome any comments from those that have =
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class=3DMsoNormal>Thank-you,<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Dave =
MacKay<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>1960 TR3A s/n =
68639L<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Near Toronto, =
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