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Old February 17th 2007, 23:05
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Pan what to paint with?

What are you all using to paint pans?

The epoxy stuff?

POR-15

Or just get the whole thing powder coated?
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Old February 17th 2007, 23:14
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hey

well to what I know the best would to powder coat it but that would be $$$
so the epoxy Primer and then paint over that's the way to go


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Old February 18th 2007, 10:19
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I used POR 15 on top, and some thin undercoating and POR 15 underneath.

I painted the framehorns, framehead, and rear torsion tube with some industrial oil-based black enamel.
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Old February 18th 2007, 11:50
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how does powdercoating go with stone chips etc? ive wondered about that, once it chips cracks or anything nothings there to stop the exposed part rusting, you can't exactly fix powdercoated stuff as easy as things like POR etc, id love to know from people with experience aswell.
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Old February 18th 2007, 12:43
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how does powdercoating go with stone chips etc? ive wondered about that, once it chips cracks or anything nothings there to stop the exposed part rusting, you can't exactly fix powdercoated stuff as easy as things like POR etc, id love to know from people with experience aswell.
You are correct with trying to repair powder coating... (you just have to redo the whole part ). However, it takes alot to chip it (very flexible). When it does chip... you are correct in that there's nothing to stop rust. What I have done on parts prone to getting chipped is to "top coat" the color coat of powder with clear powder coat. This will add one more layer to keep from exposing bare metal. Get a piece of steel that has been "properly powder coated", and beat on it with a hammer . You will see it's very tuff stuff. POR 15 is a good choice, but in "side by side" test against Eastwood Co. "Encapsulator" the Eastwood stuff beat it. The test was done by a restoration magazine that was bias to both products.
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Old February 23rd 2007, 02:17
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you should rhino line (or other truck bed liner) the whole pan. some of the brands are kinda expensive but there are so brands that you can paint on yourself or you can take it to a place that does it proffessionally and have them spray it.

it may make your car a little heaver but you will never have to worry about rust and it may help with sound deadining.
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Old February 23rd 2007, 12:30
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you couild use masterseries as well. easier prep time then por 15.
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Old February 24th 2007, 13:13
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you should rhino line (or other truck bed liner) the whole pan. some of the brands are kinda expensive but there are so brands that you can paint on yourself or you can take it to a place that does it proffessionally and have them spray it.

it may make your car a little heaver but you will never have to worry about rust and it may help with sound deadining.
Just make sure ALL signs of rust are gone before putting on bedliner material. It helps stop future rust, but does nothing for existing rust. Again, this is where the Eastwood encapusaltor comes in handy. It converts, and seals exsisting rust (like POR 15).
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I use rustbullet, after using POR15 it is similar but much less fussy with prep..
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Old February 28th 2007, 12:36
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Epoxy.
Cheap layer of paint (to be sure to have an water-tight layer)
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Old March 1st 2007, 23:10
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I did mine with rust bullet. Less prep work than por-15.

A good metal primer, then a couple of coats of enamel will be fine for a driver. Make sure you do your prep-work for any of these methods you choose.

Powder coating would be a waste unless this is some kind of high dollar custom, that was being paid for by the powder-coating company.
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We are doing an Oval for a customer and had the pan powdercoated grey and the beam and al other parts black. total was $700. I have some pix of the pan built up and it looks real nice.
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Old March 2nd 2007, 20:13
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Thats about the price that I was thinking (I've had PC work done before).

$700. is a lot of $$$ to me (when there are options under/near $100).
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Old March 3rd 2007, 00:02
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I thought it was a good price for everthing they did. Pan, beam, trailing arms, tie rods, caps, body mount washers, etc.
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I would never powder coat the pan. (because of the torsion that's in every car)

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