Alrighty gents, 
I got the arm back from the shop, all nice and rebuilt. They charged me $225 for parts+labor. They were pretty easy on the labor aspect, only charged $70. 
My cousin is up from Georgia and she brought her Canon EOS Rebel XTi with her....
PICS OF EVERYTHING!
First I cleaned the metal with the painting prep stuff (Eastwood Pre) to make sure that anything I applied had a good bonding with the metal. 
Then I am applying three coats of rust encapsulator to both sides of the arm:
Then, two coats of heavy duty chassis paint (Eastwood Extreme Chassis Black)
[pics later]
Then maybe two coats of rubberized undercoating (not really sure about this one yet, havent decided)
			
				
			
		
 
		
		
		
			
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