Powdercoat, Plating, or Paint?
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Powdercoat, Plating, or Paint?
I'm considering disassembling my stock rear shocks and making the springs black. Probably go with a gloss, but possibly a matte black look.
What would be best? Powdercoat, black chrome plating, or black paint?
Thanks,
John
What would be best? Powdercoat, black chrome plating, or black paint?
Thanks,
John
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Before I got new shocks I painted the springs on my stockers with Rustoleum oil based paint. I didn't even diassemble them. Just gave the springs a really good cleaning and carefully painted them with a small craft brush. It took forever, but it came out nice. I ran them that way fof about 6 months before I bought slammer shocks. The paint actually held up really well.
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Paint it is. I actually have done a few parts in Hammerite black. Speedo cover, fork sliders, shift lever, air cleaner insert. Planning on doing the same to the lower triple tree and top engine mount. Looks like iron, pretty satisfied with finish, very durable and minimal fade.
John
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