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Has anyone restored the seat runners?
- Thread starter Robotsan
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uk66fastback
Club Member
A lot of work tbh. If the paint on them is sound more or less, I’d just degrease, and then regrease so they're running smoothly. They’re not seen to any great extent - spend your time on things that are!
Robotsan
Club Member
No they're pretty rusty in places and paint is flaking off. I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I don't want to put anything back on the car that I haven't painted or powder coated!
uk66fastback
Club Member
Rub them down then - spray them in that dark green and reinstall - don't bother taking them apart though ... just mask up springs etc
uk66fastback
Club Member
I'll have driven mine to the moon and back miles-wise (and I never drive it) before you finish yours if that's the case!
Robotsan
Club Member
Yeah I may well just do this tbh
candy red
Club Member
Better check your daily drive they may well need doing too
Robotsan
Club Member
Better check your daily drive they may well need doing too
Shush you!
I bloody hope not!! You'll be laughing on the other side of your face when you see my shiny new seat runners!
richiep
Club Member
Just to exacerbate your perfectionism, if I remember correctly, the seat rails aren’t actually painted - that olive green is a type of electroplating.
On the plus side, that means you could talk to your plater and see if they can replicate that finish, and then get the rails done without disassembly.
On the plus side, that means you could talk to your plater and see if they can replicate that finish, and then get the rails done without disassembly.
Robotsan
Club Member
Oh bollocks. I've already stripped and primered one! Haha. I did think this colour is coming off very very easily while I was wire wheeling it!
I'll see how this one turns out, and if it's a disaster I'll strip it all off and investigate that route.
Thanks Rich.
MCBladeRun
Club Member
I do like to think there's a nice part hidden that's been lovingly restored tucked away somewhere, possibly waiting for the next owner to look at and say "Blimey that's mint!"
richiep
Club Member
You can buy DIY zinc plating kits to do the olive drab finish. But I would think most decent plating companies have the capability. The green is a passivate that the part is immersed in after the zinc plating stage, an alternative to dipping in the common yellow/gold or black passivates.
I'll be seeing if my local platers can do the seat rails for my project next time I'm over there.
I'll be seeing if my local platers can do the seat rails for my project next time I'm over there.