Hi folks, I have the springs out of my wife's 64 Polara 500 Ragtop and have a question. I want to clean and paint the spring set but need clarification. It seems to me that I read somewhere that I should break the pack open and clean each leaf but not paint them until they are assembled. Something about the paint being sommewhat sticky and not letting the leafs move inpendantly. Have any of you broke the set apart and cleaned and painted each leaf before reassembling them into the packs again? I cannot remember doing this with the 64 hardtop. I think I brought the springs to the spring people and after re-arching them they were painted and I never thought any more about it. What do you folks think? What have you done? Thanks. K. Kevin R. Merkley Thunder Bay, Ontario 64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn) 64 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible (Cdn) ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.