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Old Sep 9, 2015 | 03:27 PM
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Default powdercoating sucks
Not really a question but input, but my powdercoating on all my umi stuff looks like poo and is coming off starting to get surface rust. Am i the only one that has this problem?
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Old Sep 9, 2015 | 04:50 PM
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Are you cleaning it with harsh products or getting brake fluid/brake cleaner on the parts? No issues with my UMI products.
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Old Sep 10, 2015 | 12:08 AM
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Default powdercoating sucks
Not sure what you're doing to it. Powder coating can take a lot of abuse and stay good
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Call UMI, they have great customer service. Try to contact the company before posting negative reviews, especially sponsors that are so active and helpful on these forums.
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How fast is your car with a stage 2 cam? Probably shredding the coating to pieces with all that pah!
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Old Sep 10, 2015 | 10:32 AM
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Detail spray and ocasionally a semi oily rag from after an oil vhange, had it on my car for 3 years or so. Never thought of my stage 2 cams affecting if, im able to go to plaid in about 13 nanosecondz
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I've cleaned all of my UMI suspension with some simple green and a rag and never had any powdercoat issues, and my whole car is UMI
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I bought all of my UMI crap used and the powercoating still looks great after a few years.
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I'd recommend a 385 le2 setup to slow the car down. Should help make that power coating last!
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
I'd recommend a 385 le2 setup to slow the car down. Should help make that power coating last!
How much would much le2 385 cost my lil piggy bank?
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Do you ever drive your car in salt? Or in the winter in general?

I have a powder coated tubular K member and A arms from a different company and drove the car a few times in the winter (in upstate NY), a few years later the powder coating was flaking off like you describe.

I had it all sandblasted off and painted with POR-15.

Powder coating seems to be infamous to have a rock chip expose some bare metal, then start to rust underneath the coating and flake off.
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Weekend warrior, used to drive it as a dd before i got umi stuff and a fuel efficent car. How much did it cost to get it blasted? Thinking of doing the same thing you did
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I think it was like $100. Way better than spending half a day doing it myself.
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Got a customer at my job that does dustless blasting, gonna have him blast it n then ill por15 it, said hell blast my stuff for cheap
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Pm a sales guy from UMI, someone posted the same problem in the suspension section, could have been a bad batch of powder coating, they replaced them.
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How much would much le2 385 cost my lil piggy bank?
All of it.
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Originally Posted by bufmatmuslepants
Pm a sales guy from UMI, someone posted the same problem in the suspension section, could have been a bad batch of powder coating, they replaced them.
Have to pull every suspension piece off my car haha. Bought all of them within a couple months of each other
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
All of it.
You get the clay piggy and a whopping 12.61 cents. Im sure thats enough for your intake bolts
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I don't use intake bolts
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I don't use intake bolts
Be careful dont want you cracking your intake welds brah
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