Painting springs

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:33 am

G'day all

I should probably ask guyph this as he'd probably know.

I've been wondering if you need a special paint to paint springs so that it flex's with the springs compression and extension?

I'm asking this as I'm dreaming up a sleeper to the point that I want the springs and sway bars to be all black so that they don't attract attention as "sports" mods by those in the know.

This is just info gathering and I thought I'd ask. Hopefully this little project that's growing in my head ends up happening

Cheers

Bennie

Post by **TOONGA** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:27 am

Hazarding a guess here but in this day and age I would say springs are powder coated as it is the easiest way to paint in mass production.

If you are going to paint directly onto the spring paint use an epoxy paint (it comes in cans now)

TOONGA

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:47 am

paints also have a degree of flexibilty in them - just look at the big dings in body panels that have no cracks in the paint. Never seen a repainted coil spring with cracked paint.

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:05 pm

Black is not my preferred colour..., I recommend RED or YELLOW:p

I use heat proof paint and caliper paint so that it last the longest...
Or you could use underbody coating or a sound deadener paint that is used to spay under cars.

Thats what i normally use as paint...

dibs · Post by **dibs** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:59 pm

rolfe harris advertised british paints it stretched in the eat and shrunk in the cold lmdo give them a ring hahhahahahahaha

dibs

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:08 pm

Thanks Toonga! I'll store that one away for later

Steptoe, I had though about this but then thought that a spring might flex more than the paint can...

Guyph - yes we know. And no, I'm not about to pimp my ride macca's style! But thanks for the colour tips anyway. One crazy almost grey wagon is enough I think

Dibs - you got Rolf's number for me?

Cheers guys

Bennie

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:09 am

Bahhhh, You don't know....., Love me Crazy Almost grey wagon:-D:lol: