Colour of front suspension wishbones

[skodajag]

On my series 2 FHC the front suspension wishbones are gold coloured. Is this down to the eccentricity of a previous owner or might it indicate an aftermarket source?

[mgcjag]

Good coloured?......if you mean body colour then down to previous owner...Steve

[Jeremy]

Maybe it's a typo and they are gold? Passivated zinc perhaps?

[skodajag]

Sorry for the typo - yes gold coloured. Not crudely painted, either.

[mgcjag]

Ok so not standard finnish....previous owners preferance or plater made a mistake?...Steve

[Jeff Cecil]

Jonathan, the wishbones should be either cad plated or black. Most were cad plated but on my S2 FHC I found no trace of cad. And I did find black paint in hard to get paint into places on them when removed. My car had never been disassembled as I knew the original owner. I did some painstaking research and found that some Series 1 and some Series 2 cars did leave the factory with the wishbones sprayed black. I could not find why but some were painted black.

Most people have them plated with clear zinc, which looks silver, because cad plating is obsolete these days.

[skodajag]

Thank you for your helpful replies.