End result? I now have 9 total amps either in my garage, on their way being delivered, or at Jim Truett's evil scientist lab getting worked on.
Since these things are in various stages of not-very-pretty-ness, I was thinking instead of a re-powdercoat, to go anodized instead. Then, one of the amps I purchased came in, and it's got nothing at all but a re-silkscreen on the bare aluminum. So, given these are originally blue, aluminum underneath, and my car is gray, what would you do with them? Even though I am going to take the best chassis and ditch the rest, I have various options.
1. Leave them a little "beat" looking for "original old school"
2. Repaint them original color
3. Re-anodize them original blue
4. Re-anodize them to match my car
5. Strip them to aluminum
Here's a pic of the bare one, next to a pristine example of the blue on a cooling fan, next to a picture of some of the "beat-down, scratched and chipped" look that all the amps have.
Here's an example of the chipped look all the amps have
Here's an overview of some of the amps in my possession
