"Cleaning Up" C5 Suspension Components

[Mkelcy]

I'm installing a 21st Century subframe on a 1968 Camaro which subframe uses C5 Corvette forged upper and cast lower control arms and the forged steering knuckle/upright.



I was planning on grinding off the forging/casting flash and having the arms anodized. One plater I spoke to suggested that the flash (which is about 0.125" wide and as much as 0.125" thick) was "structural" and that grinding it off would weaken the parts.

It just didn't "compute" for me that an OEM engineer would rely on flash for required structural integrity of a part, but I don't want to create an unsafe suspension simply for slightly better appearance. Any thoughts/experience?