65/66 sway bar appearance

[Bob Gaines]

I agree that they came both ways painted and unpainted and consequently do not deduct for painted as I said in my first post although I feel the unpainted is the more typical over all. That is just me from what I have seen over the years.   

[CharlesTurner]

I agree that they came both ways painted and unpainted and consequently do not deduct for painted as I said in my first post although I feel the unpainted is the more typical over all. That is just me from what I have seen over the years.

Ok, seems we've come full circle then and are in agreement.  I didn't see the edit to the original post and took it to mean that you thought they should all be natural. 

[Bob Gaines]

I agree that they came both ways painted and unpainted and consequently do not deduct for painted as I said in my first post although I feel the unpainted is the more typical over all. That is just me from what I have seen over the years.

Ok, seems we've come full circle then and are in agreement.  I didn't see the edit to the original post and took it to mean that you thought they should all be natural.

Sorry if you thought I meant never painted. There was no need for a edit. I said "typically " .  Typically doesn't mean all. Another word for it is commonly . If it were meant to be "all" then the comment about not deducting if painted would not be there. It might be more common for early bars to be painted and not later versions.

[gt350hr]

    The dark coloration is likely on the bars with the forged ( mickey mouse ears) ends because of heat treatment after bending and "hammering" the ends. This also explains the rougher surface texture on unpainted bars. Just My Personal Opinion.

[TLea]

    And the whole point of posting that is to show that there appears to be a shine to the bars, like they were painted.

Thank you