182 Front Hub/Upright assembly colour/finish.

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Hi all... I'm just restoring a pair of 182 Cup/Trophy front hubs/uprights. Does anyone know what colour these would have been when new? I'm thinking of refinishing them in either satin black or silver, which do folk think would look/be more 'original', (bottom arms will be a hi-gloss black). Cheers, Ed.

 

[Mr Underhill]

Hi all... I'm just restoring a pair of 182 Cup/Trophy front hubs/uprights. Does anyone know what colour these would have been when new? I'm thinking of refinishing them in either satin black or silver, which do folk think would look/be more 'original', (bottom arms will be a hi-gloss black). Cheers, Ed.

They’re cast steel so retained their natural finish. Most steering knuckles are like that. I was going to keep mine natural after blasting them and just add high heat clear coat for protection, but decided to go Black in the end. Doing this meant i could give them lots of coats of Hydrate-80 to hold the rust back as long as possible. Bilt Hamber Epoxy Mastic is pretty good and very hard wearing. You don’t see that much of them once the hubs, dampers, discs and wheels are fitted anyway, so long term protection was my priority.

Here’s mine which I recently refurbished with new bearings and hubs.

 

[Advikaz]

I went with black also

 

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They’re cast steel so retained their natural finish. Most steering knuckles are like that. I was going to keep mine natural after blasting them and just add high heat clear coat for protection, but decided to go Black in the end. Doing this meant i could give them lots of coats of Hydrate-80 to hold the rust back as long as possible. Bilt Hamber Epoxy Mastic is pretty good and very hard wearing. You don’t see that much of them once the hubs, dampers, discs and wheels are fitted anyway, so long term protection was my priority.

Here’s mine which I recently refurbished with new bearings and hubs.

Cheers for the pointers & pic, those look great!

I had suspected they'd just be the bare metal, hence how they end up corroded over time, great shout on slapping plenty of Hydrate - 80 on them to preserve them. Cheers!

 

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I went with black also

Those look really good too, are they painted or powder coated?

 

[Advikaz]

Those look really good too, are they painted or powder coated?

Mine were blasted, treated and then powder coated mate