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Have any of you guys painted your springs? What kind of paint do you use?

I'd like to paint the Teins I bought red to match the car. I know they won't be seen much anyway, but having green springs and a red car... I don't want to be the christmas-mobile...

 
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This is a good question, I'd like to know myself.

The springs on the B&G Coilovers I purchased have some chips on the original Spring Coating from the factory and you can see bare metal. I was thinking that this would rust and weaken in that section of the Spring over time.

What can we use to re-coat the Spring with a similar Anti-Corrosion Coating that is durable, and flexible since the Springs need to compress and rebound.

I'm thinking that paint that has some level of elastomer in it would be good enough, since there will be no exposure of the Spring to make contact with anything when it's installed that will risk the paint/coating to chip off.

Any input on this would be great!

 
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intrested in this also, not that i want to paint them but its good to know

 
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well now that you mention it, im kinda interested too, probly paint my grey adjustable springs red when i put the hp blues on..

 
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If you paint your spring they will get chiped by rocks and salt in the winter if you live in the north? If your going to paint them get them powdercoated?

 
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I was kind of thinking about painting right over the green, so if they were to chip wouldn't it be the same as the original paint on them chipping? I could see how chipping would be bad if I sanded the original paint off and then painted them because metal would be exposed.

I don't know what kind of paint it is, but my father in law got some red paint that he used to paint the calipers on his mini and I'm going to check with him if that paint will work for the springs too.

I live in the south, so don't have to worry about salt and stuff.

 
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Its utterly pointless to paint them. It'll chip, crack from bouncing, etc... and you can't see them anyways.
They need to be flexible epoxy coated, which is expensive and just flat out not worth it. Leave them alone, or roll them with electric tape.
****, if I cared about all the colors under my car..... damn, it looks like a box of crayons exploded.

 
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powder coating would be sick..
doesn't rust damage the integrity of the spring ?

 
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Ok, maybe I won't paint them then. And tape... well that would be a time consuming pain in the ***. I'll keep 'em green so everyone knows their Teins.

I'll probably just hang some mistletoe under there someplace instead. LOL

 
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Not nearly as bad as annealing the heat treatment away by powdercoating them.

 
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like really, who cares. my car is eternal blue and my springs are red but i dont care, you cant see them. its function over looks.

 
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^ yep im going to go over mine with electrical tape.
should i do that with my kyb agx also?

(dont want my dad to see that ive got aftermarket suspension or else he will yell at me for wasting money)

 
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Its not big deal, only part of the springs you'll see is in the rear and you have to look pretty hard, hell i have green Struts and Springs from my Tein SS. I don't really like the green color but shows off the Tein Green and you really can't see it that much.

 
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yes its a wase of time and powdercoat looks really good on them....if you dont plan on going alot of places