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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 12,725
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If it was me, I would clean what I had and keep the "patina". It is senseless to replace functional hardware merely for the sake of replacing it.
It is even less senseless to replace with parts that have a non-factory finish.
To my way of thinking the next person who is the caretaker of the car may want to preserve the car in a well used factory state or do a 100 point restoration. Either way, non-factory parts interfere with these goals.
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Harry
1970 VW Sunroof Bus - "The Magic Bus"
1971 Jaguar XKE 2+2 V12 Coupe - {insert name here}
1973.5 911T Targa - "Smokey"
2020 MB E350 4Matic
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