"Dressing down" the torsion bars.

How about making yourself a trough out of PVC pipe and setting them in a "vat" of muriatic acid. Just go to the hardware store and get yourself a piece of PVC, saw it in half down the middle, buy 2 caps and glue them on and get a gallon of muriatic while you're there. It is in the pool cleaning area. Muriatic acid will not only remove surface rust, but will "etch" the metal to provide better adhesion for your final coating. What coating you say??? Well, you can use your handy dandy trough and dip them in chassis black, replicating the factory dipping method. Just a thought!!! Geof