Has anyone powder coated their shocks black? If so, are there any draw backs? Thanks!

 

yep.. you have to take them apart but you can do it no problem... i just painted my air shocks in epoxy gloss black (air shocks would not handle the temp of the oven to powder coat them) so i just went black! here are a few pics... Powder coat is what you want for regular shocks cause powder will FLEX more and have MUCH less chance of cracking... pull em apart and powder... I have also shot shocks with bed liner... looks real cool and is super tuff, no problem wiht flexing either...

 

No drawbacks. I think they look good like that. I have a set of Fox that I want to take apart. Powder coat the ends black and cold chrome the springs.

Hey Joe, did you just take bagger shocks and put them on your Dyna? Are they 12.5" or so uninstalled?

 

Thanks guys!!!
Joe, your bike looks awesome!!!!!

 

Joe's bike is awesome.

 

thanks guys... WK they are eastern performance air shocks the lower models 11in... they SLAM you but also give you a great ride... you ahve to rewire EVERYTHING under the rear fender... the only ones i could find in black where 12 in so i sanded and shot mine black... 43147 I am going to be pulling apart a few shocks here in the future for a few builds i have going... i will take pics and do a write up on how to pull them apart... the cafe is coming along! base coat on the paint is drying!

 

OK... I'm getting mixed signals outta this thread.

Harley43147 - Are you asking about powder coating the shock itself or the spring and upper and lower spring "cups?" Unless the shocks (not springs) you have are chrome, they are already powder coated. Shock factories use a low temp cure powder and infrared ovens to cure out the powder during manufacturing. Because the shock has oil/gas and seals in it I don't know for sure if they will hold up to 400 degrees in a standard convection powder coat oven. I have powder coated a lot of springs and cups but never tried a shock. Personally I'd like for someone else to give that a shot before blowing one up in my oven.

Joe - Have you actually powder coated the shocks themselves? Your responses make me think you are talking about the springs.

 

Powercoater. I only have about 2k on my 08 Bob and I'm starting to black out a lot of the chrome parts. I like the look of black shocks that I've seen on this forum. However, I'm too cheap (at this point in time) to buy black progressives (or whatever shock is best). Just wondering if blacking out an entrie shock is an option. Thanks for the info.

 

no brother just hte springs and cups... most of the "shocks" i have seen have a plactic coating or sleave looking deal around it (stock 06 st bob shocks do for sure) i am talking about pulling htem apart, doing the upper and lower cup, as well as the springs... hell i cna not stick the actual shock in there cause it would destroy the rubber gromits on the upper and lower eyes... sorry man if i was a bit confusing