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Old Feb 15, 2023 | 05:11 PM
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I am wanting to powder coat the hinges for the hood. Do these clips come off, and if so are they reusable?
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Old Feb 15, 2023 | 09:17 PM
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I just power coated mine on my 70 and you don't have to take it apart I did mine all black
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i drilled those rivets out and sandblasted, powder coated mine satin clear, looks good, replaced the rivets with new ones from Zip. i just wanted to make sure i got in all the nooks and crannies
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Did mine in powder coat and never took it apart and I'd do it that way again
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Did mine all together as well. Any time I'm doing something like these that moves I usually coat it, put it in the over long enough to just set the coating and then remove it, move it to a different position and re-spray that area and then back it complete


The white here is just some lithium grease
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[QUOTE=Mooser;1606282684]Did mine all together as well. Any time I'm doing something like these that moves I usually coat it, put it in the over long enough to just set the coating and then remove it, move it to a different position and re-spray that area and then back it complete


The white here is just some lithium grease
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I’ll try that approach, thanks!
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