I found a great source (cheap) for powder coating!
It's winter here and I may as well do a complete teardown while I'm in there!
(ala: Turtle Girl)
Give me a list of what you'd do!
I'm thinking:
control arms
engine tin
pistons (yeah, it's the all the rage)
Am I missing anything?
really, gimme ideas
Fan housing, muffler hanger, rocker pannels, valences, gauge plate, heater tubes, flapper boxes, trailing arms, front cross member, strut covers,
The list goes on...
My brother owns a powdercoating business in CT. He's done complete race and track cars. I am thinking of doing a complete 356 coupe. They hold up pretty well. My rocker panels are still as pretty as when they came out of the oven 2 years ago. However, my rims look like because of the brake dust. I've also done suspension, brackets and, best of all, the engine lid and side pieces, which are GT style. They look great too.
Make sure he blocks off the screw holes, or you'll be fixing that problem for hours!
QUOTE (Mike D. @ Dec 2 2005, 03:26 PM) |
Fan housing, muffler hanger, rocker pannels, valences, gauge plate, heater tubes, flapper boxes, trailing arms, front cross member, strut covers, The list goes on... |
buy a ton of foam earplugs....
roll em into a cone, and stick them into your threads.....
saves you hours of tapping
QUOTE (Dead Air @ Dec 2 2005, 04:52 PM) | ||
[QUOTE] I'm just talking the stuff that shows, ok? |
Do a set of pistons, that way they would like soo cool.
QUOTE (davec @ Dec 2 2005, 03:41 PM) |
My brother owns a powdercoating business in CT. He's done complete race and track cars. I am thinking of doing a complete 356 coupe. They hold up pretty well. My rocker panels are still as pretty as when they came out of the oven 2 years ago. However, my rims look like because of the brake dust. I've also done suspension, brackets and, best of all, the engine lid and side pieces, which are GT style. They look great too. Make sure he blocks off the screw holes, or you'll be fixing that problem for hours! |
QUOTE (Mueller @ Dec 2 2005, 04:53 PM) |
[QUOTE=Dead Air,Dec 2 2005, 04:52 PM] [QUOTE=Mike D.,Dec 2 2005, 03:26 PM] Fan housing, muffler hanger, rocker pannels, valences, gauge plate, heater tubes, flapper boxes, trailing arms, front cross member, strut covers, The list goes on... [/QUOTE] [QUOTE] I'm just talking the stuff that shows, ok? [/QUOTE] you originally posted: control arms those "show" no more than the stuff he listed I'm waiting for McMark to get his oven up and running, I too have a bunch of stuff I'd like to get coated (how sad, I have a new Eastwood PC kit shoved in a box at home, too lazy to use it) |
most common parts powder coated is "under" the car and normally only seen by you or you mechanic.....
many, many people have thier a-arms, trailing arms and associated parts powdercoated...
engine parts such as the plenum tubes....it's not just for "show" it serves a purpose as well........
QUOTE (Mueller @ Dec 3 2005, 12:14 AM) |
.it's not just for "show" it serves a purpose as well........ |
Powder coating is extremely strong.
Basically, you powder coat it, put it where rocks will hit it and junk, and it wont chip.
It will last a lot longer than regular paint.
Trailing arms, CV joints, dash guage pod, A Arms, any anything you really can...
People look UNDER a car as well, and that makes a big impression on how the owner wanted to portray the car..
The RS has powder coated:
Front control arms
Rear control arms
Front sway bar
Rear sway bar
Front cross bar
Gas tank and expansion tank
Front and rear deck hinges
The entire engine deck and grills
Door sills
Headlight buckets
Motor mount
and Misc. hardware.
How did you manage to do the expansion tank?
QUOTE (Andyrew @ Dec 3 2005, 12:55 PM) |
How did you manage to do the expansion tank? |
powdercoat everything, you CSOB!
how about steel bumpers.....would they have to be bondo-free?
QUOTE (914RS @ Dec 3 2005, 12:00 PM) | ||
I didn't do it, but it was accomplished like everything else. Sandblast Powder coat Bake |
Hm I thought the tanks where sealed somehow, I remember someone trying to powdercoat one, and it expanded... lol
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