To Powdercoat Or Not To Powdercoat

[Bluetribal]

You have the Receiver system? If so, I will have to swing by and take a closer look at it.
I looked at Romer's write up, I see that he cut out the bolt holes and all on the cross member but as of right now I just want to cut the bumper. So I was thinking I just need to cut out a hole the size of the outer lip of the receiver for it to pass through. And I would just center it on the four holes on the Hanna Bumper.

 

[LandCrusher'70]

You have the Receiver system? If so, I will have to swing by and take a closer look at it.

Yup.

Come on by.

 

[Bluetribal]

I will give you a call and see when this weekend would be good if you are around.

 

[Bluetribal]

Well, Reid and I checked out the Slee receiver hitch on his ride and it looks like a 3" square in the Hanna bumper 1/4" off center towards the Drivers Side will work just fine in case any of you give a crap.

After meeting with Reid I got home and finally cleaned the spider webs off of the bumper and gave it a little wash before I disassembled it. All I have left to disassemble is the rivets for the loops that holds the wire to the license plate light and the nuts that holds the gas shock for the tire carrier. I haven't taken these off yet because if I cut off the rivets then the backsides are going to fall and rattle around inside. And for the same reason I haven't taken off the nuts for the shock just in case there is a nut on the inside that will really rattle around in the bumper and tire carrier. Do you guys have any advice for the rivets? I was thinking of drilling a hole on the underside of the carrier to get the rivet pieces out and then plug with a rubber plug or something? I left Ken Hanna a mesg. to verify there are no nuts on the shock nubies backside and order up the license plate part of the bumper and all new hardware.
So this week I will take the bumper into my work where we have a killer shop where we build all of our own HVAC duct work in house for projects as big as ICON Tower and Diamond View Tower in Downtown SD by Petco Park. So hopefully they will take my bumper in after hours and cut a 3" square in it.

 

[Bluetribal]

Well this weekend I spent a few hours grinding away at the rock rash & surface rust and now I am seeing the benefit of being able to rattle can any future blemishes. If I were to rattle can it after sand blasting it how many coats should I do after a coat of primer?
Oh and Friday I talked with Ken Hanna and put together a list of parts I am missing/replacing. Still waiting for his total but I will be getting the license plate bracket, exhaust bracket, spindle nut, spindle cap, & mounting bolts. I already bought new bolts, washers, & nuts to mount the tire, just need 3 lug nuts to hold the wheel on. And I ordered a nice new shiny 7,000 lb. latch from Reid Supply.

 

[g8mfzj80]

Yup and it’s hard to match powder coating in a color other than black, one of the reasons I just went w / auto enamel paint.

I would get or borrow a good air sprayer rather than rattle can intially. 3 coats on mine; primer, base, finish. Base with a little thinner almost the same color but I added a clear coat to the finish coat. The bottom has been scraped the most on mine, I quess I could use a custom mixed rattle can to touch up but I'm planning on busting out the sprayer with the extra paint I still have.

 

[Slomo]

Don't forget that if you have a good quality powder coat it will be thicker than a three coat paint job and powder coat is much more flexible than most paints and doesn't chip easily and therefore won't require nearly as much touch up if any at all. It is true that it would be harder to color match the touch though on anything other than black.

 

[Bluetribal]

I have also seen that hammerite (SP?) stuff on an ARB and that looked good and you don't have to be as perfect which is a good thing since I am not the best painter, average at best.