restoring front struts

[Xavier PJB]

Dear all,
I seek advices to restore the condition (paint) of my front struts. Any idea ?
Cheers
Xavier

[Paragon]

Looks like you have one Bilstein and one Boge strut???

[37yrold911]

Are you near a John Deere dealer?

[Xavier PJB]

Looks like you have one Bilstein and one Boge strut???

I have got 2 Boge (Front) and 2 Bilstein (rear).

BTW,nothing to deal with the struts but I fancy the engine oil glycerin gauge.

Xavier

[Xavier PJB]

Are you near a John Deere dealer?

Not really, not much harvester nor tractor in Paris those days.

[stretch]

the paint is available on ebay Xavier. You can get them blasted and powder coated, or spray them yourself.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOHN-DEERE...item35d1a82961

[Paragon]

The Boge struts should be black...now whether that was originally Gloss, Semi-Gloss or Satin I'm not positive. Just protect the spindle bead blast the rest.

[Xavier PJB]

the paint is available on ebay Xavier. You can get them blasted and powder coated, or spray them yourself.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOHN-DEERE...item35d1a82961

Just got the John Deere comments ah ah ah
Thanks for the tip.

The Boge struts should be black...now whether that was originally Gloss, Semi-Gloss or Satin I'm not positive. Just protect the spindle bead blast the rest.

Cheers.

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Paint is not a big issue (thanks for the color/paint details which I did not know). Usually I ask my painter to do it, but I'd like to try mysels.

To remove the old paint, dirt and rust, do I use sand paper and some acid or brake cleaner ?

Cheers
Xavier

[mac73s]

To remove the old paint, dirt and rust, do I use sand paper and some acid or brake cleaner ?

....none of the above if you want it done correctly...do as a STRETCH mentioned and have them media blasted and then you can decide whether to go paint or powder coating

[Olivier]

There's a John Deere dealer in southern Essone.

You probably already know this but Eurofac will rebuild you bilsteins better than new also.

Olivier