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Title: What's the best paint to use on springs?
Post by: murraymint on 19 January 2013, 13:56

I have a set of coilovers that I've stripped to clean up, and some of the springs the paint has chipped off and they have some surface rust on them. I'm gunna shot blast and reapaint them. But what the best paint to use as I don't wanna paint them and them they flake off ina couple weeks. I know that powercoating them would be best. But any ideas?

Title: Re: What's the best paint to use on springs?
Post by: Golf_GT_TDI on 19 January 2013, 14:17

I've painted some before, best is plasticoat type paint, but it was a quick job I did on a previous car, if you're going to trouble of shot blasting I'd go the powdercoating route, that will be a much longer lasting finish

Title: Re: What's the best paint to use on springs?
Post by: beppe2672 on 19 January 2013, 16:54

I agree, powder coating would be your best bet!

Title: Re: What's the best paint to use on springs?
Post by: Wayne on 20 January 2013, 21:23

Powdercoating is the best option, nothing else will last.

Title: Re: What's the best paint to use on springs?
Post by: danny_p on 21 January 2013, 23:22

the thig is is it worth going to the effort of shotbalsting and powder coating ...  if the coilovers are the likes of hotuneing may as well buy another set for the effort involved.

i'd just leave them

Title: Re: What's the best paint to use on springs?
Post by: murraymint on 22 January 2013, 17:07

Yh fair point Danny but there a shot blaster at work and I was gonna send them off with some other stuff to get powder coated so wonto cost too much