I decided to go with the oem bilstein 4600s for the struts. Has anyone found a better strut/shock that rides better than the bilsteins? I decided that I wanted to powder coat all of the suspension parts before/while I change the struts. The 97x is the light silver color. I think I'm going to go with the generic black color unless anyone else as any other color suggestions.
I need this to be completed in a weekend. So, the goal is to pull some newer less mileage upper and lower control arms and anything else needed from the junk yard. Sand blast and clean those and then powder coat them. Depending on how long all of that takes, I might just do one side at at time/weekend, something always goes wrong.
I live in Michigan. Are there any types/makes of powder coat that are meant for harsh weather? I'm going to use the powder coating gun from Harbor Freight. I honestly don't care how it looks, they're suspension parts, it's the powder and the baking that's important.
While I have the suspension removed, I'm going to powder coat the frame, as much as possible. My thought was to use a heat gun for the frame powder coat. I'll be taking and posting a bunch of pictures and lessons learned of course.
I need this to be completed in a weekend. So, the goal is to pull some newer less mileage upper and lower control arms and anything else needed from the junk yard. Sand blast and clean those and then powder coat them. Depending on how long all of that takes, I might just do one side at at time/weekend, something always goes wrong.
I live in Michigan. Are there any types/makes of powder coat that are meant for harsh weather? I'm going to use the powder coating gun from Harbor Freight. I honestly don't care how it looks, they're suspension parts, it's the powder and the baking that's important.
While I have the suspension removed, I'm going to powder coat the frame, as much as possible. My thought was to use a heat gun for the frame powder coat. I'll be taking and posting a bunch of pictures and lessons learned of course.