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Aluminum brake drums on GN

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Black3

Fargan sneaky bastages!
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With stock GN wheels, do I paint the drums? Paint them black, aluminum color? I'm not trying to pass the car off as a stock Pebble Beach car.
 
I'd do them aluminum color. Will stand out more plus I believe the factory aluminum drums were not painted from the factory.
 
I'd do them aluminum color. Will stand out more plus I believe the factory aluminum drums were not painted from the factory.


Pretty sure even the iron drums weren't painted. They assumed a "patina" pretty quick
 
Just what I did but, I sand blasted them and then just hit them with some high temp clear. They really look good. I was surprised how well they came out. Not stock looking but they are holding up nice in the elements. Have had quite a few complements on them at car shows and whatnot.
 
I sandblasted mine and painted them with Eastwood alum paint. Looks just like fresh sandblast.

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Happy spooling...

Mike Barnard
 
Mike:
I never really noticed how nice the brake drums look sandblasted and painted with the Eastwood Aluminum paint, and how much the rim and brake drum combination looks, until I saw the combination in person the other day.
 
Neither were painted from the factory. I seem to remember my aluminum drums taking on a greenish color after time.
 
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