I’ve got a spare subframe I want to brace up a bit and then have powdercoated. I know jedi does it but i havent seen him in a bit and hes farrrr, anyone else reasonbly priced that can powdercoat the rear subframe gold (like my wheels and cage and valve cover and… well you know)
Thanks guys
To give powdercoaters a bit of an incentive, there’s TWO people that want a subframe powdercoated. :lol: I want mine in black, but I’ll take whatever is cheapest, I mostly want it for the rust-protection-ness of it.
There is a place in Ajax that is fairly cheap, but I forget the name. Drift_Ready_180SX might know, he recently did his calipers there.
Give hi a PM or check the yellowpages…
I’m powder coating mine too.
Let me know if you find a decent place Sasha.
Andrew.
Try these guys… they did my rims many moons ago IIRC they charged like 150 for all 4… not sure if that’s a deal or not… but they did a good job
Automatic Coating Limited
Address : 211 Nugget Avenue, Scarborough, ON M1S 3B1
Telephone : 416-335-7500
hey cool… That’s right by where i live. Gonna give them a call to check on the prices. Do you have any pics of their work?
jeff can do it but he’s in KW. maybe if you’re all super nice to me, i’ll take them home to kw with me in december and bring them back all shiney and new looking.
hey cool… That’s right by where i live. Gonna give them a call to check on the prices. Do you have any pics of their work?[/quote]
i want pics too!!!
I’ll see if i can get before and after pics…
Im thinking about getting my subframe powder coated too since its out and sandblasted so if you find a place sasha or neone for that matter please let me kno the costs n location.
~Justin
http://www.mclights.com/capab.html
These guys are great! I had lots of work done by them in the past. They can do all kinds of stuff including laser cutting etc.
Sweet, these guys are in Barrie.
I’ll check them out.
Andrew.
i have a PC place here in St. Catharines, they are affiliated (lightly) with CCF, the company that builds alot of my gear.
i dont know why you guys want to powder coat the subframes though.
both chris and i had them sandblasted and then just killed them with like 7-8 coats of primer and paints and clear… its more than enough.
you cant just do the centre subframe. you also have the rear spindles as well and there are exposed bushings and then the wheel hubs and bearings that are attached as well.
if you are really going to take EVERYTHING apart and coat each one individually then more power to you if you have no other commitments over the course of a week
some of the stuff you wont want to powder coat is what i am saying.
just powder coating the actual subframe and not the spindles is kinda weird too because you see the spindles before you see the subframe… well i guess that depends what angle.
oh god… 5 o’clock friday ramble… i cant even see anymore…
just paint get them sandblasted then paint them… a decent powder coat is going to cost you 10x more than paint and powder coat, depsite all the hype, does not protect or last any longer than paint… and when it does get chipped and scratched you are likely just going to redo it with paint anyways.
i give 2 shits about seeing it, or what it looks like in general. I have it off the car because i’m doing some suspension work and i figured powder would last better then spraying it.
However, I’m just sandblasting it and painting it with tremclad instead. My cage is all tremclad and it looks awsome and doesn’t scratch very easily. Also its good rust protection.
Andrew.
exactly, powedercoating is more expensive and it is not better than painting in many cases… this being one of them.
also, if you didnt care what it looked like you would leave it alone. 
If it takes anyone a whole week to strip a Subframe and coat it then there is something seriously wrong…
I could strip a Subframe “bushings and all” Media Blast & Powder Coat every piece within one day. Hell it would take me longer to Media Blast every piece then it would for me to strip the Subframe down bare.
obviously it was sarcasm.
I’ll second what bing said. I went through a big powder coating phase with my off-road gear, including an entire baja frame. Man it looked great when it was new, and did resist chipping, but I’ve now switched to 3M paint that cures to a finish just as hard, if not more, and touch up is a breeze!
I still do powder coat the odd item for work, but it’s more to keep up good relations to get my personal stuff done on the side for free, hehe