I've gotten lots of recommendations for and against powder coating shocks and I'm left without a definite answer.

So I was wondering if anyone has hands on experience with having shocks powder coated. Does the high heat from baking negatively affect your shock in any way? did the seals burn up and fail?

Only reason I still consider powder coating is because i got a deal for $30 for all 4 shocks. Otherwise i'd just paint it myself with some rust bullet and spray paint (thx vin)

by the way, they are koni shocks. if you have koni's you know how easy the paint chips.

 

just paint them yourself to be safe... its not like shocks are really noticable

 

if you took them completely apart and powdercoated the tubes and then re-assembled them yeah, its fine

if you stick your shocks in an 800* oven or whatever...they'll explode, stink, possibly catch fire and ruin everything anyways

 

just paint them powder coat would be a bit excessive. to do it right you would most likely have to dissasemble down to the tube.

cure ovens are actually set from 390 to 425 degrees depending on what the coater prefers. 800 is way too high

 

thx for the input.. i know paint is probably best but $30 was hard to resist, powder coat looks so much better and professional. guess i need to start practicing spraying