can I paint my leaf springs???
03-22-2009, 08:25 PM
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can I paint my leaf springs???
im doing a 3" trail gear sas and wanted to engine paint my knuckles & springs red to match the body. Im worried that the flex of the springs would crack the paint off though... what do you think?
03-22-2009, 08:26 PM
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without a doubt, yes the paint will crack and flake off, unless you used maybe some rubberized undercoating type paint, but that might prove hard to find in red...
03-22-2009, 08:30 PM
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there's an option as well...
but why the springs? are they really that much of an eye-sore?
a little contrast helps sometimes
personally, if everything were red, I don't think it would look too hot... there's gotta be something in there breaking up the colors
but that's just my opinion
but why the springs? are they really that much of an eye-sore?
a little contrast helps sometimespersonally, if everything were red, I don't think it would look too hot... there's gotta be something in there breaking up the colors
but that's just my opinion
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03-22-2009, 08:38 PM
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no, they look fine, as they are new, just seemed like red springs on the black axle would look sick with the red body...or not. lol.
im really color blind. I used to wear pink all the time thinking it was red...ya...super cool.
I do think red would be cool on the springs...but not really that worried about the pretty paint that much, just thinking about it since im dialing everything else in.
im really color blind. I used to wear pink all the time thinking it was red...ya...super cool.
I do think red would be cool on the springs...but not really that worried about the pretty paint that much, just thinking about it since im dialing everything else in.
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03-23-2009, 09:32 AM
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i would use just cheap rattle can red. it is not going to be the most durable but it is laquer based so it doesn't ever really harden. it might be flexible enough and easy enough to touch up if not. the main problem wont be so much from the spring flex as from getting beat to death from the rocks and sand off the road.
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03-23-2009, 02:46 PM
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A buddy of mine that owns a body shop had a guy come in that wanted the walls of his tires clear coated so he wouldn’t have to buy tire shine any more. There are some things I don’t think you should paint suspension and tires being two of them.
03-24-2009, 06:17 AM
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no, they look fine, as they are new, just seemed like red springs on the black axle would look sick with the red body...or not. lol.
im really color blind. I used to wear pink all the time thinking it was red...ya...super cool.
I do think red would be cool on the springs...but not really that worried about the pretty paint that much, just thinking about it since im dialing everything else in.
im really color blind. I used to wear pink all the time thinking it was red...ya...super cool.
I do think red would be cool on the springs...but not really that worried about the pretty paint that much, just thinking about it since im dialing everything else in.
na the springs red would be overkill, imo
03-24-2009, 02:37 PM
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03-24-2009, 03:30 PM
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hell you can chrome them and really make them bling, and it'll look ghetto-fabulous
till you put the weight of the truck on the springs, and the chrome cracks and all flakes off, lol
