1969 Dart Street/Strip (Re)Build
The stuff that oozed out is all the grease and accumulated road grime, and trapped impurities in the metal when it was formed. It seems to me they don't outgas their customers' parts first before blasting and coating (a typical rookie inexperience issue). Chances are good that the two prior hearings also brought similar crap to the surface and that's probably what the contamination was from to start with. I hate to see anybody get ripped off; at least you got a partial refund.
The saga continues. So the third and final time the company coated the parts, they still F'd up. Everything looked good until a liquid of some sort began bleeding out from the end of the K frame and stripping the powdercoat off. I ended up getting a bunch of money back and I left it as it was. Took it home, hung it to allow anything else to drain, cleaned it up and painted the end with Roll Bar and Chassis paint. Really terrible quality control in that place. Live and learn, move on.
The stuff that oozed out is all the grease and accumulated road grime, and trapped impurities in the metal when it was formed. It seems to me they don't outgas their customers' parts first before blasting and coating (a typical rookie inexperience issue). Chances are good that the two prior hearings also brought similar crap to the surface and that's probably what the contamination was from to start with. I hate to see anybody get ripped off; at least you got a partial refund.