Powdercoating is only the second half of the process.
The shotblasting creates properly clean items, of the like that you simply won't get with a wire brush.
The trailing arms and beam were both properly poxy, so I had a choice of spending ages cup-brushing them and fannying about, or handing them over to professionals to do a proper job.
Because of the complex nature of the rear beam there's no way I could have got that all properly cleaned up with a brush. Blasting cleaned it up properly and did all of it, unlike what I could.
Powdercoating is then an exceptionally tough seal over the top of the fresh metal. It is a heavy coat that is then baked on in an oven. This gives you a finish far tougher than any paint coating.
As I know that a lot of these components will be, or already are obsolete and I want to keep the car for the long term it made sense to do it once and do it properly.
In total, for blasting AND powdercoating it cost £100 and I'm well chuffed with the finish - it should last as long as the original finish on the items I've had done.
You watch - I'll sling the f*cker into the armco at the next track day.
