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Originally Posted by Sparky67
Actually DSE did it on my rearend. From a local powder coater that is located near them in Mooresville, NC. It was base and clear coat powder coat, and yes it did chip. How easy was it to chip? Well, just a floor jack under the rear end with a towel covering the jack saddle. Comparing the gloss from the powder coat to the single stage paint. Well, I prefer staying with paint. Lot of orange peel in powder coat.
We repainted the rearend in different shade of silver to match the fine poly in my marina blue paint. It has been hit a few times and it doesn't seem to chip as compared to the powder coat. Cost is much cheaper than powder coat. I talked to Kyle Tucker at DSE and he said that all their show cars are done in paint on their suspension components.
Jeff
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as I said before, find another powdercoater who doesn't cut corners,2 most important steps are blasting and etching powdercoat primer, I've had countless parts done by a local powdercoating facility ,from suspension,3 piece and cast wheels to racks, bumpers,stainless trim,exhaust tips and this stuff does not come off ,I've even tried razor blade,scraping it with scraper doesn't do anything but scratch the surface, so it's obvious,whoever did your rear end skipped a few important steps,
and I forgot to add, it's alot cheaper than paint, I actually own paint/body shop and I prefer powdercoating over paint,just for example, they charge me $40 to do a full size truck bumper ,$20 a piece for 22" center of 3-piece wheels, and as comparison, I'd charge no less than $200 to paint a bumper and $75 a piece for 22" wheel center