Worth saving? - Suspension arms...

bikerdude666 · 17th April 2020, 11:06

Hi all, a year or 2 back I bought a rear subframe complete with upper and lower suspension arms. I'd intended on cleaning up the subframe to swap at some point but never got round to it. Finally yesterday I had a few minutes spare so removed the arms and gave one of them a bit of a clean up. They still seem solid to me, no holes and cleaned up not too bad for with only 5 mins with a wire brush on a drill.
So is it worth the effort to clean them both up and repaint them? If so, what's the best treatment for any remaining rust I can't reach, and then best paint to use before coating them in waxoyl or similar?

Also the lower arms seem in good condition, except the rubber in the bush at the end, is this bush replaceable?

17th April 2020, 11:06	#1
bikerdude666 Posted a thing or two Jaguar Xe diseasal Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Little Stanion, Corby Posts: 1,922 Thanks: 363 Thanked 390 Times in 241 Posts	Worth saving? - Suspension arms... Hi all, a year or 2 back I bought a rear subframe complete with upper and lower suspension arms. I'd intended on cleaning up the subframe to swap at some point but never got round to it. Finally yesterday I had a few minutes spare so removed the arms and gave one of them a bit of a clean up. They still seem solid to me, no holes and cleaned up not too bad for with only 5 mins with a wire brush on a drill. So is it worth the effort to clean them both up and repaint them? If so, what's the best treatment for any remaining rust I can't reach, and then best paint to use before coating them in waxoyl or similar? Also the lower arms seem in good condition, except the rubber in the bush at the end, is this bush replaceable?