What kinda of experience do some of you have with a complete cab and chassis powder coat? Strip the whole cab of everything and send it in; but does it seem worth it?
What kind of expense as anyone experienced?
Alex
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What kinda of experience do some of you have with a complete cab and chassis powder coat? Strip the whole cab of everything and send it in; but does it seem worth it?
What kind of expense as anyone experienced?
Alex
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I powdercoated the cab on my class 3 bronco. If you send it in and they clean it with any sort of cleaner, make sure they bake the body to dry it before they powder it. On my cab I did not do this and just let it air dry. I had cleaner evaporate out of some of the nooks and crannys and it boils the powdercoat when it bakes and gives like a dried lake bed look to the paint. Everywhere else on the truck looks really good and the paint is very durable. I was also able to powder over thin body filler in a few small spots and did not have any problems.
On the subject of powdercoating:
Is there such thing as clear powdercoating?? I wanna keep my suspension parts unpainted becuase I like the burn marks, But at the same time I dont want it to rust.
Yes there is.
You can even get it in different gloss levels. Any powdercoating shop should be able to get it for you.
How durable is it. I wanna do all my suspension parts and cage with it. Will constant dirt showers dull it away?Originally Posted by ErikShallbetter
I had a pair of trailing arms clear coated and they lasted about a month before they frosted over. The coater recoated over the clear with gloss black and they looked fine.
sharp tools throw big chips
We had a full proper 96 F150 cab and chassis/roll cage powder coated flat black. Looked great, but the place that did it did not take off the rear set of shop casters.
What kind of money have you guys who have had the whole truck done spent?
Thanks for the feedback so far .
It will chip it some but as far as paint goes it is going to be the most durable option.
Alex- I don't know as far as cost goes, I did it myself. Sorry
That is the thing I wonder about. If you paint it, and it dulls/chips, you can just repaint it in your driveway. But if you powdercoat it and it chips/dulls, what do you do?
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