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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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How can I paint my track bar and control arms and coil springs?
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:44 PM
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With spray paint..
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:45 PM
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But so its not a crap job
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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best to take them off to get a good job done, but just wire wheel them to get anything loose off and get a good surface to apply paint, then prime it, then 3 coats of paint. <--thats too make it last

quick method that wont hold up, just get up under it with a can of rustoleum and go to town.
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:47 PM
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Sorry if I sound dumb what is rusteolum?
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:49 PM
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Brand of spray paint. Good for metals
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:51 PM
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Where can iI pick it up at auto zone or oreily's?
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Originally Posted by Phatwitaph
best to take them off to get a good job done, but just wire wheel them to get anything loose off and get a good surface to apply paint, then prime it, then 3 coats of paint. <--thats too make it last

quick method that wont hold up, just get up under it with a can of rustoleum and go to town.
Yeah it would be best to take them off..
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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Where can I pick up that spray paint?
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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Krylon and remove sand paint...wait a minute, I'm in Advanced tech forum...Boo this man ,and his rainbow paint jobs ...lol... I paint to keep rust down to minumum So if you do paint use gloss flat paint pulls moisture in and defeats the pupouse .
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by EjGonzales
Where can I pick up that spray paint?
I get mine from walmart.
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you cant paint the coils.... Paint makes a "hard" coating (which is why it flakes) and the coils cycle to much. you can powder coat them or get a special paint made for moving parts.
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:59 PM
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Where can I get powder coat? Paint
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Walmart has it. Pretty much any hardware store. I think advanced has itto the rustoleum question
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 10:01 PM
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Ok so Walmart has powder coat paint?
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