Shawn, you have to make sure that when you paint the springs you use
a flexible paint. or it will be chipping and flaking all over.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Syxpuque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sentra Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 6:39 PM
Subject: SML: Painting Springs & Shocks
> Ok...I'm a rice-boy for this one, but it's something that I was thinking
> about doing.
>
> No matter what color aftermarket shock I get, I was going to try to
> paint them. I don't like any of the colors that they come in, and I
> don't want the car to look like Rainbow Bright puked on my suspension.
>
> Also, I cleaned up the springs that I bought last week today and decided
> that if I was going to do the shocks, I might as well do the springs
> too.
>
> I want them both to be white. I think that would be a real eye opener.
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to paint them? I know the option
> of powder coating is there, but I don't want to pay that kind of money
> for somethng that I may turn out not liking.
>
> My worry is that they are both moving parts, so there is a certain
> amount of rubbing that is going to take place. I am hoping to install
> within the next week or 2, so I still have time to do whatever I am
> wanting, I just like to have a plan in place b4 I just go outside and
> waste half my day on somthing that is going to not work.
>
> TIA
>
> ST3
> http://www.geocities.com/ST3_200/ST3.html
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> Non-performance related topics?
> http://www.egroups.com/group/NissanHotBodies
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