Change your lube!

Here's one finished with detail just bead blasted. I have many out without clear and they hold up fine so long as you are not keeping the stored in high humidity or radical temp changes that draw moisture.

This one was cleared. Most of the time just for cleaning reasons I prefer to clear them. It makes it much easer to keep the case looking good. It's hard to see the clear sheen on the trans---you can see the reflection on the intake better.

Lot's of polishing on this trans. I have done several polish and paint combinations which really look good but are very time consuming to do correctly. I have never had a case powder coated yet---any one have experience with this?

Great post Kirk! Thanks for all the pictures. And beautiful work on those ZF cases too!

So Kirk please do tell more about the fabricated chassis picts. Very interesting.

So clear is the go. I was just worried with clear it would start to look tatty in time. But then again so does aluminum.

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Originally posted by ItalFord:
So Kirk please do tell more about the fabricated chassis picts. Very interesting.

Long story that would need to be on another thread maybe in the chassis section.

Along with the original intent of the entire new platform design,(you commented about the first prototype) I had hoped to offer a rear replacement section for cars that were so rusty, standard repairs were not be economically feasible---the section below. It was designed to take original sheet-metal, gas tank, motor mounts, suspension, so on as a stock configured replacement sub-frame pictures below. More ambition than money---same-old////same-old

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Originally posted by PanteraWanabe:
So clear is the go. I was just worried with clear it would start to look tatty in time. But then again so does aluminum.

Use a good clear right after the box is freshly finished and make sure it is very clean and dry. Do not over clear it---less is more in this case. If you environment is dry, aluminum raw is fine---use wax and grease remover to keep the case clean and it will not hurt the other paint around it but it will attack undercoating. I have an adjustable hand pump sprayer to mist on the paint-prep solvent---works fantastic to keep oily mist and finger prints under control.