Powder vs paint

[Mikesimp70]

What parts of your Bronco would you powder coat vs paint?

Dash?
Steel Wheels?
Roll cage?
hard top?

Thoughts please.

Mike

 

[Steve83]

Anything that fits into the oven.

 

[Crawdad]

So far I’ve done about 80% of everything underneath the tub. It’s easier and cheaper for me to give it to my powdercoated guy than to an auto body shop.

 

[BronCowie]

Rock sliders...

 

[Nickm1024cobra]

Rock sliders...

Dumb question, but how do you attach rock sliders?

 

[BronCowie]

Dumb question, but how do you attach rock sliders?

These are the 1/4" steel version, they also come in 1/8".

As I recall they came with 1/4" sheet metal screws. I decided to go with 1/4" lag bolts instead on the "inner" connection points to match 1/4" bolts and nuts I used on the front and back connection points that allow a more solid bond. In these pics you can see there are 6 bolts on the outside. There are also 6 on the underside.

 

[rydog1130]

bumpers anything that gets touched a lot or gets high traffic where paint would be prone to rubbing off or being easily scratched

 

[sykanr0ng]

The first thing to ask before you powdercoat is:
'Are you done working on it?'

If you're not done then paint it (paint's a lot easier to remove).

 

[ChrisC74]

Rock sliders...

What color / powder brand is this?

 

[Steve83]

Dumb question, but how do you attach rock sliders?

However they're designed to be attached. Some bolt to the frame; some to the body; a few (badly-designed ones) attach to both. But anyone who designs them can design any attachment system.

 

[BronCowie]

What color / powder brand is this?

I had a local shop do it. I can find out the color if you'd like. I remember them being pretty jazzed about that shade of black.

 

[MarsChariot]

I'm done with powder coating. Apparently I can't get quality powder coating or something. The only thing powder coating does in my part of the world is chip. Because there are lots of small stones flying all over the place. And when it chips you are screwed as it will not touch up. So, if you can get quality powder coating, then go for it. Just be sure it is good powder coating before you do it. Or live somewhere where the biggest particle size is measured in microns.

 

[JefeAZ]

Same here. Had my wheels powdercoated on the Charger and found a small chip a few months later. Luckily theres a sharpie color that matches

I don't think im powdercoating anything on the Bronco. Cage and bumpers will be painted and cleared

 

[Yeller]

IMO parts must be blasted with a pretty coarse sand to have enough tooth to stay on items put in harms way. just like paint proper prep is everything. Touch up is also dependent on color I've found some colors that touch up very well and easily. I work on a lot of chassis that have been coated, usually can get them close enough after repairs that most can't tell the original from the repaired areas

 

[sprdv1]

The first thing to ask before you powdercoat is:
'Are you done working on it?'

If you're not done then paint it (paint's a lot easier to remove).

True that....

 

[Steve83]

The only thing powder coating does in my part of the world is chip.

Same here.

Sounds like your powdercoater isn't preheating your parts.

 

[73azbronco]

Anyone done a whole hard top?

 

[duffymahoney]

Sounds like your powdercoater isn't preheating your parts.

My powder coated parts are tough as nails. I have had to remove some and it's beyond a pain to remove. Chemicals barely touch it, only thing that works is a torch.

 

[JefeAZ]

Sounds like your powdercoater isn't preheating your parts.

So powdercoat should not chip at all? I imagine a tiny rock hit the wheel at 50-60mph

 

[Steve83]

Mine doesn't, except the gigantic shackles & towing eyes that weren't preheated enough to get up to the powder's melting temperature. Original '80-96 steel wheels are powdercoated as a primer, and then painted. They don't chip.