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Nice. I was gonna paint mine to match too, but I have white. So its kind of boring :)
 
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Yeah, looking at your profile Pic, it would really look good.
 

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Yeah, looking at your profile Pic, it would really look good.
Do you mind if I ask how much it was to powder coat those pieces? Did you send it out or do it yourself? I don't have the control arm skids (or shock skids, can't remember which ones you had without looking back) but I have the FAD axle from Rock Hard that is powder coated Red as well.
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Do you mind if I ask how much it was to powder coat those pieces? Did you send it out or do it yourself? I don't have the control arm skids (or shock skids, can't remember which ones you had without looking back) but I have the FAD axle from Rock Hard that is powder coated Red as well.
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I don't mind at all. I did them myself so the cost was about $30 for the pound of gecko powder. I got into powder coating about 6 years ago with a cheap Eastwood system just to try it out. I used that for a few years then upgraded to a much better system. Powder coating is 90% prep work. That's where all the time is spent. Like the post said, I spent 2 days getting the old powder removed. I finally ended up putting them in the oven and running a clean cycle and burning the old stuff off. I use an old kitchen oven. It's fun and satisfying to be able to coat your own parts.
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