Chicago Bob

Just got all the suspension removed from my '77 …..thought it might be a good idea to powdercoat the control arms and the 4 a-frames/control arms. This is a flip car but I don't cheap out if something needs done $ to be proper
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Can one tell by looking if something is coated and is there any other "must do' parts I should be considering?

Thanks folks!

Easy Mike

FWIW: you don't have to powdercoat anything if you don't want to. There was no powdercoating on factory parts.

bmotojoe

Personally, I think powder coating suspension parts is overkill. If your parts show any pitting after glass beading, any coating will show them. Eastwood make a good chassis satin black in the fizz can.

Duke94

I powder coated the A-arms on my 79 and I'm sorry I did. I forgot to tell the Powder coat guy to mask off the bushing holes so naturally they got painted. The stuff is a bitch to get off so after scraping and sanding the holes, I finally got the bushings pressed in. Lesson learned.

69Vett

my rule, I do not expose live suspension parts to unneeded high Temperature heat,
Powder coat is Done 350 degrees. does this affect Spring Tempering ? ... I suspect so to some degree.
I never chrome or powder coat any type of Spring, , sway bar or Torsion bar.

Rodnok1

For a car you're selling... Nope wouldn't waste the time or cash on powder coating anything.

naramlee

5160 spring steel doesnt anneal untill 500* +/- 25* and is tempered at normally 375* 350 wont even phase it...there are thousands of powdercoated leafspring kits out there, there is no problem with it at this temperature

Chicago Bob

Thanks for the help fellas...I appreciate it.

Believe I'll just leave the fancy stuff to the show car guys.

naramlee

put the savings in your engine 😎

we dont have any place big enough around here to do larger powdercoating, so i just stick with por15 or epoxy chassis paint from eastwood