Powder Coating Wheels - Additional Projects

[RossenP]

Hi guys,

So I'm having my wheels powder coated and I currently have my 2005 V6 SR5 up on jacks in my garage. I wanted to know, is there any other suggested maintenance or quick/cheap upgrade I can do to the brake rotors / hub or any of the currently exposed area?

My wheels were hard to knock off the hub and, by this forum's recommendation, I will hit the surface with anti-seize after wire-brushing the rush off. I was also contemplating painting the rotors where they have rusted, to keep them nice and rust-free. I know this is hard due to the disk constantly being scraped by the brake pads, but I planned on painting the areas not in contact with the pads with some high-temperature paint after rust removal.

Any recommended methods or products for painting the rotors? Or any other quick things to fix and or change while the wheels are off? They will most likely be off until next Monday, when I get the wheels back.

 

[JustSomeName]

If you feel a clunk when gassing at a complete stop, that can be fixed my greasing the zerk fittings on your drive train. might as well do so now if the car is on jack stands.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/maintenance-detailing/28414-07-v8-4x4-zerk-fitting-pics.html

 

[RossenP]

Thanks for the link, I haven't noticed any clunk noise but I'll look into greasing those, as a precautionary measure.

 

[V8Man]

Check the front and rear sway bar links. I have had to replace mine on the two T4R I owned.

 

[RossenP]

Ah yes, the sway bar links... I've had to replace those three times on my brother's civic, and it only has 58k miles on it. But then again, Hondas are infamous for those.

Can you comment on what the price would be to do all 4 links?