Cliff, The "barber pole" strips on the door torsion bar are a stress patterns left by the "ten revolution twist in liquid nitrogen manufacturing process". The lines are easily removed with a scotch-brite pad. "We're here to help you"; See you in Cleveland! DMC Joe / De Lorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx> Web Site: <www.deloreanservices.com> . ----- Original Message ----- From: Cliff Andrews <fen2k@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [DML] Torsion Bar Dis-coloration > Yep..i got a rusty "candy stripe" as well. Was > wondering the same thing :) > > -Cliff > 10854 > > --- "Tom Watkins watbmv@xxxx" > <watbmv@xxxx> wrote: > > My torsion bars on the doors (not gas struts) have a > > slight brown > > discolorations on them. Since these are stainless > > (right?) it can't > > be rust. They look messy and unclean when I when I > > have the doors open > > at car shows and such. QUESTION: would it be safe > > to mask off the > > entire area and spray paint the torsion bars back to > > a silver color? > > I don'twant to touch them with anything abrasive as > > that is a major > > no-no but I thought that an non-invasive painting > > would be o.k. The > > doors work fine and Rob did a T-bar adjust last > > summer. Does anyone > > else have a similar funky color on their t-bars? > > Painting them > > shouldn't be a problem, eh? > > > > Tom > > #05732