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Old 08-21-2012, 06:12 PM
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Let's see some cool colored coils! Please post up what you used and how it worked if you can. Might do mine soon
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Originally Posted by CrawlinPepper
Let's see some cool colored coils! Please post up what you used and how it worked if you can. Might do mine soon

Why?
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Why?
Cause it'd be cool! I'd like to see diff colors
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I'd suspect the paint would chip off in no time. Unless you got some sort of flexible paint.
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All the coils I've seen have come painted.

I just got a set with some good rust on them. I'd like to clean them up.
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From what I've researched you can paint coils with anything from spray paint to auto paint and it will adhere based off of how well it is prepped and primed without cracking/flaking.

Might do mine when I do my undercoating since I'm going to pull them anyway to spray it on and also to fix a bumpstop.
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I like ur bumpstops
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Originally Posted by holycaveman


Awesome!!
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That's one way of changing your spring rate. Lol
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Coils, shocks, and long arm color I want to do:

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Originally Posted by CrawlinPepper
Coils, shocks, and long arm color I want to do:
Do the steering too. It looks way cool dude
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UM WOW...
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Originally Posted by XJSETH
UM WOW...
Your just jealous Seth - I know. Haha jk


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