Are the bolts attaching the door hinges & under bonnet bolts painted or zinc finish? The reason I ask, as soon as you loosen the bolts to adjust gaps etc. the paint chips looking untidy.
Are the bolts attaching the door hinges & under bonnet bolts painted or zinc finish? The reason I ask, as soon as you loosen the bolts to adjust gaps etc. the paint chips looking untidy.
Painted as far as I know. You could use old bolts to line them up and then replace with painted ones one at a time. Or just paint them after the doors are lined up with an air brush??
They were painted but im gunna zinc mine you cant even tighten the painted ones up or they will chip
Painted, but unless you are doing a concourse restoration I'd suggest plating.
All the door bolts on my white van are marked from adjusting and the upper tailgate ones are really chipped after all the mucking around getting the thing lined up and seating the seal....
Plate them, they'll look great forever.
Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!
Thanks. It's definitely not a concourse car, just a replica Sandman, just trying to get it to look tidy.
Originally Posted by Big Rob
There's another $2 right there....
It makes it obvious when a motor has been pulled out too. The bonnet bolts have the paint chipped off. On WB anyway, not sure if earlier had painted ed hinges b
To my knowledge, the bonnet & hinge bolts were zinc on the HQ-HZ but was unsure about the rest of the bolts that are visible, like the radiator support panel, nose cone etc. don't want it to look stupid or untidy.
Zinc the lot
I must have chrome plated thousands of these bolts and 95%+ were zinc/cad plated.
Don't remember many being painted at all. The hinges were plated also. Maybe it changed with late model stuff but I reckon they were majority plated.
We are talking those with the fixed washers right?
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