Sick of paint chipping and rust on your coilovers/springs?
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Sick of paint chipping and rust on your coilovers/springs?
I made the jump and bought some used Skunk2 Coilovers. Finally some support instead of dragging *** everywhere with the stock suspension. Anyway, there were quite a few spots where the paint had chipped off and surface rust had started. Instead of leaving them, I decided to try some Krylon Zinc Rich primer and get the spots covered up. When I used to work around steel we would use zinc primer quite a bit(cold galvanizing). And it always held up well on the I-Beam welds.
I used the dremel with the wire wheel and some sandpaper to prep them. Then I covered up the part of the spring I didn't want painted with a rag and heavy 2 coated everything. Came out pretty good. Better than nothing I guess
Before(after wirebrushing)
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I used the dremel with the wire wheel and some sandpaper to prep them. Then I covered up the part of the spring I didn't want painted with a rag and heavy 2 coated everything. Came out pretty good. Better than nothing I guess
Before(after wirebrushing)
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Re: Sick of paint chipping and rust on your coilovers/springs? (5thgencivic)
now we need something to keep the sleeves' threads dirt/sand free...
nice DIY, are you painting the primered spots red to match the rest?
nice DIY, are you painting the primered spots red to match the rest?
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Re: Sick of paint chipping and rust on your coilovers/springs? (5thgencivic)
what happens whent he coil flexes? won't the primer chip off as well?
i'd like to see them after a couple of hundred miles and see how they hold up. looks good though
i'd like to see them after a couple of hundred miles and see how they hold up. looks good though
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Archidictus »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Powdercoating works better, although it's pretty expensive and not everyone knows how to do it. If you have an oven and a source of electricity you can powdercoat.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Powdercoating sucks ***. Once it chips the rest comes off so easily making it worthless.
I would never pay to have anything powdercoated.
Powdercoating sucks ***. Once it chips the rest comes off so easily making it worthless.
I would never pay to have anything powdercoated.
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Re: Sick of paint chipping and rust on your coilovers/springs? (Jonas99)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonas99 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">now we need something to keep the sleeves' threads dirt/sand free...
nice DIY, are you painting the primered spots red to match the rest?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yea grit on the threads bites. These were caked.
I'll just leave it primered. Thanks.
nice DIY, are you painting the primered spots red to match the rest?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yea grit on the threads bites. These were caked.
I'll just leave it primered. Thanks.
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