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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 12:40 PM
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Default powdercoating instead of painting the body?
has anyone done this? does powdercoat weigh more than paint?
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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Dude your car would be HEAVY! Not to mention whatever your coating has to hold up to the intense heat it takes to bake on the powdercoat.
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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You cant powder coat plastic which is what most of the body on the car is made out of.. It has to be able to conduct a charge to be powder coated..
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you guys beat me to it, exacly what they said..
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yep what they said
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Originally Posted by SOM02WS6
You cant powder coat plastic which is what most of the body on the car is made out of.. It has to be able to conduct a charge to be powder coated..
Not excatly, they have now been very successfull with coating plastics, and wood, due to coating materials and curing methods. Go to thepowdercoater.com , they have some powdercoated ls6 intakes, and fuel rail covers, very cool stuff.
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^ that sounds crazy but they can even CHROME plastic now! Not that fake *** looking plastic chrome but authentic chrome on top of plastic.
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there is no way it is authentic chrome over plastic chrome plating is a combo of coper nickel then chrome chemicaly bonded to metal. the stuff that is on plastic is not the same altho it looks like it. as for powder coating a body yes it is possible and no it will not wave sheetmetal not that hot. they powder coated project f-bomb (the flat green second gen camaro in hot-rod) but they only used it as a primer for the metal not the finished project. so yes u can powder coat a car just no reason to
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but if this is a 4th gen.... there is very little sheetmetal on the car.

I've got a better question though.....

WHY are you wanting to do this???????
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They have been chrome plating plastic for years now.


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there is no way it is authentic chrome over plastic chrome plating is a combo of coper nickel then chrome chemicaly bonded to metal. the stuff that is on plastic is not the same altho it looks like it. as for powder coating a body yes it is possible and no it will not wave sheetmetal not that hot. they powder coated project f-bomb (the flat green second gen camaro in hot-rod) but they only used it as a primer for the metal not the finished project. so yes u can powder coat a car just no reason to
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it is not the same chrome as on metal
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The top chrome layers are. They have to coat it in something else before the nickel and copper layers, but the end result is the same. A friend had his plastic overflow and washer fluid tanks on his GN chromed and it turned out awesome. They were heavy as hell when done though.
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Not to mention price. I had a guy do that to his fibreglass rear motorcycle fender and it was almost 2k.
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i saw them do it on overhauling and then i searched on google untili researched it down to how and where and how much. I was hopeing to make some interior accents for our cars but yea when i got to the price.......i said forget it.
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What would be the benifit of powdercoating your car?
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durability would be the only thing that would make it better than paint but you have to have perfect metal any body work will buuble from the heat
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You could do this instead.







This dumbass who lives near me decided to herculine his miata. Herculiner aka spray on truck bed liner.
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that is the stupidest thing i have ever seen^^^^that had to weight a ton also. i by no means would ever drive or buy a miata but thats a shame
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