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Had my original axles disassembled and spent the past few weeks restoring and/or replacing all the parts. Here are some pics of the housings before and after. I was going to take them to the powder coater, but long story short that didn't work out so I got some Extreme Chassis Black and ECB Primer and painted them myself. They turned out pretty great. Just hope the finish holds up. To clean the housings I used a putty knife to scrape much of the old oil and sand (she was a beach buggy!) off, then used a grinder with a wire wheel to clean them up. I then used a toothbrush with degreaser to clean the oil out of the corners I couldn't get them wire wheel into. Then cleaned the entire housings with Eastwood's Pre (paint prep solvent). Then onto the primer and paint. It went pretty smoothly, but was a lot of work.


After I cleaned up the front axle…






After one coat of primer on the front axle…






After two coats of primer and two coats of Extreme Chassis Black…










I did have the diff covers powder coated. They turned out great…