Warn Hub Re-Finish? (1 Viewer)

[GregRay]

Has anyone re-finished or painted their Warn locking hubs? Just removed mine as part of some front axle work and was thinking about it.

Not sure I can replicate the factory alloy finish, but was just looking for ideas.

If there are previous threads on this I couldn't find one.

 

[Coolerman]

I powder coated a pair extreme silver (that's a powder coat color from my powder supplier). They turned out well though I have no pics of them to show you.

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

I know it says Aisin, but scroll down for the Warn hubs...

https://forum.ih8mud.com/sale-parts/246212-aisin-hubs-completely-rebuilt.html

 

[GregRay]

Thanks, those look good, although I probably will try to stick closer to the original colors.

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

Thanks, those look good, although I probably will try to stick closer to the original colors.

He did mine without any color.

 

[Heirloom]

I cleaned mine up without any new color.


You could paint a thin coat of black on the selectors then polish the faces back to the bronze color. It would look correct that way.



These are mine. One before and one after cleaning.

 

[pavieSD]

I cleaned mine up without any new color.
You could paint a thin coat of black on the selectors then polish the faces back to the bronze color. It would look correct that way.

Are you sure that is correct? It appears to me that the entire face of the warn hub is all the same "bronze" polished color. Here's a large image from a brand new pair that is similar to ours:



I assumed that the entire face including the writing was all the same color. If we were really doing a back to OEM restoration, I would think a combination of powdercoat's would be the best deal. One for the bronze, and another for the brushed aluminum or chrome finish.

 

[pbgbottle]

nice i like that warn hub paint mod to ressemble the aisin

 

[71AZFJ]

Yeah, That Aisin color on the Warn Hubs, looks pretty cool.

 

[firestopper]

Not Warn but rebuilt/refinished in original (close) color

 

[Chachie]

Gonna agree with the Aisan combo. Looks like on the Warns yo need to chrome out the outside ring?

 

[pbgbottle]

I like that . what vehicle had aisin's that color? 60 series .? now i will be checking out peoples hubs for the next few weeks.
seeing what vehicles got what color.
on my samurai. they where aluminum raw unfinished,

Not Warn but rebuilt/refinished in original (close) color

 

[Copenhagen1]

I refinished mine with paint I had in the garage. Nothing special. Here is a pic of brand new Warns for a FJ40:





Here are mine after refinish:




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[GregRay]

Yeah, that's what I'm probably going to end up doing -- clean and polish first, then paint if needed.