I have seen many different finishes on power brake boosters. What is the finish that is original?
power brake booster finish
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I believe it's gold iridite for most Chevelles. Go to www.brakeboosters.com
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von '69 300 Dlx SS TC #15 ACES #1575
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von '69 300 Dlx SS TC #15 ACES #1575
Von, is correct. It is also known as gold cadmium plating. The reason you see so many other colors is that most folks don't go to the trouble to do it right. My pet peeve is seeing "frame-off" restorations with boosters sprayed silver. I think there is nothing more eye-catching when you pop the hood than a correctly plated booster and master cylinder lid. I'm having my caliper mounting brackets gold-cad plated as we speak - that's correct on them also.
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Stan Hanek
'71 SS - 454 4 sp.
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Stan Hanek
'71 SS - 454 4 sp.
http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/stan71delivery.jpg
Thanks for the responses. Part of the reason I was asking was that a 70 that I am working on was sprayed silver. It looked very bad. I tried cleaning the paint off with a thinner rag and it looked like it was more of a cast color under the paint. It looks like I am going to have to have it replated.
Von is correct. I recently had my brake booster rebuilt/replated by Steve, and I am very impressed with the final results. Looks GREAT ! The cost was (I believe) $155.00 total, and that included the extra cost to have the "face" of the booster polished, since my was slightly blemished. Turned out looking better than new. Now if I can just get the rest of the car together...
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Kent
'68 Malibu ZZ502/502
Kent
'68 Malibu ZZ502/502
We were going to go for the cadium plated look also....but the Eastwood kit was too expensive. We decided to paint it an aluminum color...and it looks great. That thing took seriously about 3 days to clean to bare metal. We used extremely heavy duty industrial strength paint stripper.... followed by hours with a wire brush on a grinding wheel. It all payed off...as the original "Delco" etching can be seen on the face. Or you can pay $200 bucks to have someone else do it........
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"People in cars cause accidents, and accidents in cars cause people"
Justin LaMora
1972 El Camino SS
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355 Engine
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"People in cars cause accidents, and accidents in cars cause people"
Justin LaMora
1972 El Camino SS
355 C.I.D. w/450 horsepower
355 Engine
Interior View
My Elky at the Sterling Auto Show
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