Spraypainting rusty coil springs?

Hammered

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Jeep Fiend Club

• Oct 26, 2009

• #1

(I realize this is hardly Mod tech but...)


I got a set of used RE coils... theyre pretty rusty at the ends and spotty throughout. My plan is to blast em at work and paint em up.

Any reason that wont hold up? Would Powdercoat be the best bet?

 

Last edited: Oct 26, 2009

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kidarkitect

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Salt Lake City, Utah United States

• Oct 26, 2009

• #2

Powdercoat will DEFINITELY hold up best, (according to my industrial designer boss when I posed this q to him a few months back.) I trust him, And if you saw the kinds of crazy sh** he design's and builds you would to If you cant do that, I'd just try to find some paint that boasts plyability, that way it'll hold up a little better when flexing. I don't know any though.

 

kastein

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Rainy side of Washington

• Oct 26, 2009

• #3

X2 on everything kidarkitect said, I'd go with some sort of rubberized paint even maybe... Something that withstands impact, salt water, and vibration + flex well. I wonder if spray-on bedliner would work well... I think I'll try that out on some stock springs I'm going to be installing for a friend soon, unless someone tells me this is a bad idea really soon.

 

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trippled

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colorado springs, co

• Oct 26, 2009

• #4

i dont know about the liner. the spray on liner ive used gets pretty crispy. no flex to it whatsoever

 

RoyalXJ

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West Deptford, NJ

• Oct 26, 2009

• #5

lightly coat them w/ spray can bed liner. i use it on everything

 

aparke4

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Atlanta, Ga

• Oct 26, 2009

• #6

i have had to repaint one set before - just wire wheeled em , primed and painted! i am sure u could coat em in bed liner or rubberized spray but rattle can is the easiest... i think most coils come powder coated if i remember...

 

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winkosmosis

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Maui, Hawaii

• Oct 26, 2009

• #7

Try Plasti-dip

http://www.plastidip.com/

 

ECKSJAY

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Covington, WA

• Oct 26, 2009

• #8

Wow this is way over thought. Wire brush the flaky crap off, spray, and put 'em in. No flexy BS necessary.

 

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hdcorxj

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utah

• Oct 26, 2009

• #9

i have had good luck with hammered paint it has only come off where the tire hits it haha no rock chips though

 

Hammered

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Jeep Fiend Club

• Oct 27, 2009

• #10

cool Thanks fellas

 

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TYphoon

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Berks County PA

• Oct 27, 2009

• #11

winkosmosis said:

Try Plasti-dip

http://www.plastidip.com/

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This was my first thought.

There's a guy over on JF that sprayed his coils red with normal spray paint and they have held up great. Go to it deputy :sunshine:

 

jeeperjohn

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Temecula, CA

• Oct 27, 2009

• #12

Hammered said:

(I realize this is hardly Mod tech but...)


I got a set of used RE coils... theyre pretty rusty at the ends and spotty throughout. My plan is to blast em at work and paint em up.

Any reason that wont hold up? Would Powdercoat be the best bet?

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If you want them black then paint them with rubberized undercoating.