Hs anyone tried powder coating the Hinson engine and trans mounts?

Thanks!

 

Guess I am the only one that wants to paint them!

 

Who would see them?

 

 

Tim my remark is a little snarky upon further reflection...I apologize for that.

I would imagine you could powder coat something that was anodized - for sure if you media blasted it first. You might have some trouble getting the bolts back in but nothing a rat tail file won't take care of to get the clearance back (watch for chipping though). But my original thought is, why would you want to? You keep your engine compartment tidy, but even if you put your car on one of those tilt mechanisms to show the underside like I've seen at SEMA, nobody would see the engine mounts!

 

Thanks! It is mainly the trans mounts. You can see those. Maybe I will glass bead them and use epoxy paint. I am the same person that bought 12 point, stainless ARP bolts for my billet sway bar brackets and replaced all the diffuser bolts with billet washers and stainless bolts. I know that I may carry of few of these things to far, but I park the car on a lift in my garage with my daily driver below it, so every time I get in my daily driver, I see something on the bottom of the car that "needs improvement". That is how I ended up with the APR diffuser. It cover all that "ugly" stuff under the car.

Thanks again for the recommendation.

 

Lol well that explains it and I can understand it!

Pm user wanttospeed about his experience. He had some vibration issues if I recall.

 

Tim, first off, don't think Hinson mounts should be exposed to the curing heat required for powder coating process. Racers in Autocrossing Sub Section had experienced Hinson Motor Mounts melt down when installed without the OEM heat shields.

I bought a set of Pfadt trans mount few years back. Knew the sub par cosmetic chrome on the steel bracket will not endure. Instead of powder coat, since I had excellent experience/results with POR15 on many parts that were one of, irreplaceable on Hot Rod custom projects. I followed the procedure and coated it with POR15. But in the end, had no confidence with the mounts, ended up selling them on the forum for what I paid for.

Here shown my valve covers and coil relocation brackets, polished, then coated with POR15 two parts clear. POR15 will protect even when exposed to battery acid, essentially ended up without maintenance permanently:





But in the case of Hinson motor mounts, it should install along with OEM heat shield, for all practical purpose, they will not be visiable. The trans mount, on the other hand, If I so inclined to take care that itch, I would simply file/grind/smooth/emery/polish for an mirror polish, coated it with RejeX, sit back and enjoy the permanent shine - however hard to see, but I know its there and I know where to look!

In many ways, I am like you, proud of my toys, look onto the 12 points ARP valve cover bolt head, where you can see a dimple - in actuality, the poorly shown dimple consist of two different milled radius curvature - the devil is in the details! Such as coil mount bracket, milled slots for coil wire housing mount and lightening slots:



Hinson mounts are stainless and had no anodize coating. If subject material can withstand heat required, some even had plastic powder coated. Rat tail file should not be involved nor recommended on screw threads or the mating holes if that was what you implied. For whatever process, screw threads or important mating surface should have been protected, using cloth backed tape, aluminum blanks, plugs or what ever suitable for protection - in the case of media blast or powder coating so as not to distort dimensional tolerance. Thus require no damage control if good shop practice was first applied. But in case if screw thread is damaged, in the hands of an Machinist/Toolmaker, all without fancy tools, 3 corner jeweler's file can restored pitch/profile back to workable conditions.

But...I am sitting on a rock, somewhere in the Pacific. What do I know, right?

 

Thanks Victor! I think I will glass blast them and use epoxy paint on them, I can tape the threads.

Nice looking engine!