Just wondering if anyone has polished or powdercoated the suspension components on our cars ? anyone have pictures ? I am thinking bout tearing my suspension apart and sending off the control arms and cross members to get powdercoated, as well with my sway bars. I have a second set of front and rear cross members with all suspension components intact. im planning on throwing in new poly bushings and replacing the rest with oem that are not included in the master kit. any suggestions ? trying to make a big brake kit and jic look good

 

just trying to make it my winter project. got some wilwoods and jic magics to throw underneath it. trying to make the underside look as good as my new paint job.. highly appreciate pics of race suspensions and show suspensions. thanks

 

do it up man, that would be pretty sweet, if you get it polished i hope you dont do to much driving cus you woul dhave to clean them on the regular. if you got them powdercoated it would be easeier to clean

 

Powdercoating will add weight!

 

what bout anodizing or how ever you spell it ? i know that the weight is an issue with the powdercoating but also its better than paint cause its more durable and that and the roads will eventually start to rust the components that the stock paint has been taken off due to regular driving around and rocks. so im just trying to protect my investment. as far as weight car has carbon hood, fenders, trunk and will soon be a two seater so i dont think the extra powder is gonna add that much more to make it noticeable.

 

go for it, that would look sweet

 

Polishing will always need to be polished to look good power coating will just need a little soap to look good

 

so exactly which parts can / can't be powdercoated? everything / nothing?

 

im pretty sure all can except the hubs.

 

lol thats the dumbest sht i have heard yet.

go ahead and powdercoat that stuff, it will look great.

 

i changed screen names but i think that the powder coating would crack and chip itself of because of the compression of the springs, although some springs come powder coated. I have had smaller parts coated and a slight twist or bend in the part and it cracked off.
thanks- zombie
aka beerrunninthetc

 

um it would crack and chip if it was painted, but powdercoating is a lot more durable then that, plus springs come with powder coat from the factory....

 

or send it to www.patterntek.com or www.hydrographicsinc.com
and really customize it!
HDI is right down here out of portland.

 

i had a guy do some track wheels for me once here locally i went back to go talk to him and he told me he would do the brake calipers, front and rear cross member, both front control arms, nuckles, rear arms, all the brakets, plus the wheels and hotchkins sway bars all for 450 witch is not bad. something i will most likely be doing soon after i save up more cash to replace the front hubs and wheel bearings since they are bad. wanna get better lugs while im at it and another polyurethane kit to stuff into the newly coated parts.

 

Any solid piece of metal can be powedercoated.lots of hot rods do it to the A arms,rear ends,springs,even frames if they have a big enough oven.No worries on weight....it does not add to much to waht you want to coat and woudl last a long time and be very easy to keep clean.

 

yea im trying to see if i can buy the suspension set up of a scion that has a blown motor and the kid dont have any money to fix it so he is selling everything off of it. im seeing if he wants to trade a lil honda i have sitting around for it. so at least he has something to move around in. and i can just use that suspension to do all this to and swap mine out and have a spare set laying around.

 

you might as well put some under body coating or something on there while your at it....for rust and sound dampening.

i believe there's sprayable stuff called lizardskin....

 

that would look tight if you dont drive it much.