Refurbing NSX's steel brackets

[Senninha]

A few years back I took all of these brackets to the local powder coating shop and they still look good today ... total cost for over a dozen items was around £40 ...

[goldtop]

A few years back I took all of these brackets to the local powder coating shop and they still look good today ... total cost for over a dozen items was around £40 ...

Did they sand/grit blast as the first part of the process? I'm toying with that for the rear strut bar. Because that's a lot more work than these small plates.

I'll post photos of progress ASAP. After watching a lot of YT tutorials and reading squillions of forum comments, I've taken a simple approach:
0 - brass wire brush to remove loose flakes
1 - citric acid bath overnight
2 - bicarb of soda wash
3 - water wash and dry
4 - degrease
5 - direct to rust paint

[goldtop]

First radiator bracket is now back on the car, and the second one is now in preparation.

Obligatory before/after pictures:



Some slight paint runs (first time with a rattle can), and I wasn't sure of the best approach for the bolts, so I did them at the same time and may revisit.

[Heineken]

Very nice, much better than expected

[Papalazarou]

Looks good. That’s not a bad match either.

[mutley]

wow, that looks 100% better, another thing for the "list"

Cheers
Jim

[Senninha]

Why oh why didn’t you do this when the car was in the shop and in bits???

wow, that looks 100% better, another thing for the "list"

Cheers
Jim

[mutley]

Why oh why didn’t you do this when the car was in the shop and in bits???

The short answer is this: I do actually want to do some stuff myself. Back in the day I done everything on my car, and I would like to "keep my hand in", I also have another couple of interior tweaks to do yet too.

Cheers,
Jim