Well, I am planning on driving it everyday. I don't want this vehicle to be a showcase car, I want it to be a clean daily driver. One of the advantages I saw with the powdercoating is that it was relatively cheap. I can get the chassis stripped and coated for about $600.
I thought it was permanent.
He also said I'd be happier with a urethane paint on the frame... Is this correct?
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On Thu, Feb 19, 2004, 11:45pm (CST+1) (Refinish King) replied........
Powder coating outlasts paint by years, powder coating is electrostatically applied, then oven baked.
Paint on the other hand is sprayed at varying thicknesses, and does not lend it self well to the rocks and coarse dust that the undercarriage picks up.
How do I know this?
My vast experience of being a mechanic/bodyman, doing restorations and custom work. Spraying undercarriages then switching to powder coating.
I personally will never look back to spraying, unless I can't get the color someone wants in the powder shop I use.
Good luck and hook up all your frame grounds to extend the life of your frame and underbody finish!
Refinish King ======= =======
If you are going to drive it everyday.....
Spray it.
It's cheaper...it's easier...it last as long as powder coat on a frame....and it's easier to touch up later on.
Powder coating ain't "bullet proof". As a matter of fact....it's bout one of the worst coatings you could use on the undercarriage of a vehical you're planning on driving around all the time.
If your going to be hauling it to shows on a trailer...never driving it....sticking some mirrors under it so's folks can drool over it..... putting about 5 miles A YEAR on it..... and you're after the "Powder Coated It" bragging rights......
then.....
by all means....powder coat it.
Marsh Monster ~thinks yer gonna wanna go down to the burger king and show it off on Fryday nights......maybe scratch a little gravel to show off a bit........ you better spray it .....aye?~ ===== =====