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    1/15/2025 7:54 AM  #1

    RTM
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    Clear coat my driveshaft

    I was going to paint my driveshaft and after checking the fit this morning before work I realized how clean the bare steel looks and thought it would look good with just a clear coat sprayed on it.   Plus I only have to mix up one product to spray.  Lol

     

    1/15/2025 1:15 PM  #2

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    Why not ?!
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    1/16/2025 6:08 AM  #3

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    When stuff is apart I tend to clean up and paint everything.  Some stuff I've started to powder coat, especially if I feel it needs additional rust protection.  I do this on most anything I work on if there's no time crunch getting it back together.  Why?  Simple, I don't get rid of vehicles.  The next time I got to work on it those parts and.or that area is going to be cleaner, not be rusty, and be more enjoyable to work on.  So, long story short, I would spray it. 

     

    1/16/2025 11:48 AM  #4

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    When stuff is apart I tend to clean up and paint everything.  Some stuff I've started to powder coat, especially if I feel it needs additional rust protection.  I do this on most anything I work on if there's no time crunch getting it back together.  Why?  Simple, I don't get rid of vehicles.  The next time I got to work on it those parts and.or that area is going to be cleaner, not be rusty, and be more enjoyable to work on.  So, long story short, I would spray it. 

    Kinduva 'controlled' OCD-izum !?!
     
    I tink we all have that izum to a certain degree...
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    1/16/2025 12:48 PM  #5

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    I'll post pictures after I clear coat it.   

    I have to respray the part that goes between the headlight buckets.  In my poor light garage I missed the edge right below where the trim mounts.  I covered it with the white base coat but didn't get enough red on that edge when I painted it.  I'll respray it and the driveshaft at the same time.

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    1/16/2025 6:28 PM  #6

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    How bout a red shaft ?!
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    1/17/2025 4:26 AM  #7

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    6sally6 wrote:

    How bout a red shaft ?!
    6s6

     
    If anything it would have to be ford blue.  Lol

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    1/17/2025 4:57 AM  #8

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    When stuff is apart I tend to clean up and paint everything…  I do this on most anything I work on if there's no time crunch getting it back together. 

    Bahahaha…good one TKO. 😁

     

    1/25/2025 5:51 PM  #9

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    Got it cleared today.  Love the look.

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    1/26/2025 7:13 AM  #10

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    Thats a shiny shaft
     

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    1/26/2025 7:23 AM  #11

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    Polished so much he risked blindness

     

    1/26/2025 7:24 AM  #12

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    Re: Clear coat my driveshaft

    It came that way shiny from where I bought it.  That's why I thought it would look good clear coated.

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