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 Post subject: Painting Coils
PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:47 pm 
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Hey everyone, quick question.

I have a set of used coilovers for my car and I wanted to paint the coils on them since the tops and bottoms where they meet the perches are down to bare metal and since I live in the snow belt I would like these to last more than 1 winter. I was thinking that since they do flex under load that plasti dip would be a good choice but I've never used it for anything other than interior stuff so I don't know how well it holds up to the elements. So would plasti dip be an okay choice or should I go powder coat route or just spray bomb them and call it a day?

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 Post subject: Re: Painting Coils
PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:18 am 
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I would usually recommend a powder coat if it wasn't going on a spring. For the springs though, powder would crack in the cold with the amount of motion a spring sees. I looked into the plasti dip, and it says that its rubbery and can stretch/ flex so that is probably going to be your best bet.

In all honesty if at all possible, I would run stock springs though in the winter. It will help you get around in the snow, and you won't have to worry about your coil overs.

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 Post subject: Re: Painting Coils
PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:00 am 
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Good point on keep the stock springs on during winter. Either way with coils or my springs right now the car would just snow plow through the snow anyway :mrgreen: But thanks for the advice. I don't really know anything about powder coating other than it's pretty durable but I didn't know if it was super rigid and brittle or not.

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