How good is powder coat compared to epoxy?

[old66tiger]

I epoxy coated my frame 5 years back and it still looks pretty good. The epoxy job was kind of a rush deal and we ended up wet sanding and reapplying it to get it to lay down half way decent. Fast forward 5 years and we are doing a complete restoration on the car now and the frame is sitting here staring at me while I scratch my head trying to figure out what to do with it. I was not completely happy with the epoxy because of the finish, but it is holding up. Do I mess around with re-blasting and powder coating or leave well enough alone?

[astroracer]

Depends on what you have planned for it. ISCA show car? Driver? If the epoxy still looks good and you have no plans to put the car on mirrors I would say leave well enough alone. I am going the epoxy route on BadAst. I could do powder coat but it is much easier for me to do this in the shop then it is to haul it around.
Mark

[prodigal son coating]

Powder coating is 10X tougher than paint.