Powder Coating Springs?!

[Yates]

Just chatting to body shop and on about this and that and he said some people get them powder coating, I know its tough stuff, but surely its going to crack with movement and flake off? Anyone seen it done or had it done?

[AlexB]

Theyre powdercoated as standard in most cases not painted

Paint is a lot more brittle than powdercoat

[Yates]

always thought it was a plascoated or something from the ones ive worked with, never looked powder coated

[AlexB]

I allways thought it seemed like podercoat
My h&rs are deffo powdercoated on my coilovers

I wouldnt paint them tbh id go powdercoat

[Yates]

tbh just googled it and get mixed results, some say it cracks off instantly, some say they have never had a problem, most say speak to the powder coaters as it needs some form of plastic in them, but then others say it doesnt :S then some say normal paint is fine can only imagine that looking shit and coming off. Suppose it just depends on your powder coater and how good/how much they care haha

[AlexB]

Tbh id say just ask someone like faulkner or something they might have the best advice lol

[Yates]

im not too arsed mine are in great shape, i was talking to him about a price for the struts and he mentioned it then

[stevo67]

Have a read of this thread. http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=224498

Or this. http://www.e-techpowdercoating.com/powder_coating_faqs.htm

[Yates]

yeah read them earlier, it was just more thinking of anyone had first hand experience of getting it done, not standard finish, rather than just read about it

[jage]

I had mine and my dads powdercoated, not run them yet mind! If id of known about plastidip at the time id of used that tbh.