Thread: Powder coating vs paint??????

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Don,
Mine is PC'd and I'm happy with it. Yes, it has a slight orange peel - but - very little of the frame can be seen without crawling under the car. I've dropped fasteners, wrenches and body parts on it - and no dings - yet anyhow. The frame was originally painted with DuPont Centari - and it was slicern' - well you know what. BUT - it had dings and chips about every time I worked on the darn thing. I for sure didn't want to strip the chassis again with all those nooks and crannies and the many hours it would take. I disassembled the entire chassis in about 2 hours, took it to the PC guy who grit blasted it back to near white, then coated it - and all for less then $500($475). My time and the cost of the prep and paint would have cost more plus the fact that I for sure could not have cleaned those nooks and crannies PLUS coated the insides. Chances for dings is much less and nasty rust streaks about gone. I did black so it will be easy to touch up if necessary. Down side - if you forget a bracket - and I did, but ended up bolting it on instead. The PC guy even coated the bracket for coffee and donuts.

This photo doesn't show the fender frackets, running board brackets and cross members that were also part of the deal