# Zinc plating hardware/parts

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [September 5, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zinc-plating-hardware-parts/260325 "2011-09-05T17:29:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zinc-plating-hardware-parts/260325/6 "2011-09-06T09:39:28Z")

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> [@Ebay questions. im getting screwed](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-questions-im-getting-screwed/45184/5):
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> [eastwood.com](http://eastwood.com)

they have a DIY kit, but I’d rather just send these out and not waste my time with it.

> [@Local welding school?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-welding-school/45179/4):
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> i have zinc coated shocks on the truck and the salt last winter destroyed them!

Like any type of corrosion protection lots of variables can effect it. black, clear, yellow zinc all offer different protection. How well they are applied matters. How much is scraped off when you thread on a nut matters… Don’t assume that zinc plating is a hoax.

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