Powder Coat Color?

[jy211]

tow truck is on the way to pick up my 55' chevy frame to take to the sand blasters. From there onto the powder coating place..
Here's my question...what color should I powder coat my frame?

My tubular control arms will come glass black, as well as my new moser rear end.

My Hellwig sway bars came in and they have a rough charcoalish color to them....

I am probably (as of today) going to paint the car charcoal grey (off the lexus RX350)(or a gun metal) and white (not sure if I will do a standard white or metallic)...in a traditional 2 tone style....

Any suggestions as far as what color to powder coat the frame???

[70bird]

I vote for good old gloss black. Sometimes less is more. JMHO, Mark

[deuce]

id go black as well . nothing is worse then two differnt shades of the same base color .

[darth_flavor]

do you want to spend more time driving it or cleaning it when you get to spend that quality time with your car? on the other hand, if it bothers you so much and makes you stick your head down there all the time, lower it and then you'll see it even less. a car just for show blows but then again, who am i to tell anyone what to do? one last note, you do know powdercoating chips right? that means no driving or fixing it for what, a show? i buy cars to drive (not often, but it's mine) that still looks good but yet, it's still reasonable and i can clean it quicker. want something to show off?, buy a rolex or a model looking mail order bride.

keep crap like this in your mind when you do stuff to your car:

[LowBuckX]

My Hellwig sway bars came in and they have a rough charcoalish color to them....

Mine came right from the box with a fresh coat of rattle can black drips runs and all........... Packing material stuck to the paint also...

[70bird]

do you want to spend more time driving it or cleaning it when you get to spend that quality time with your car? on the other hand, if it bothers you so much and makes you stick your head down there all the time, lower it and then you'll see it even less. a car just for show blows but then again, who am i to tell anyone what to do? one last note, you do know powdercoating chips right? that means no driving or fixing it for what, a show? i buy cars to drive (not often, but it's mine) that still looks good but yet, it's still reasonable and i can clean it quicker. want something to show off?, buy a rolex or a model looking mail order bride.

keep crap like this in your mind when you do stuff to your car:

Darth, tell him how you REALLY feel! LOL

[streetk14]

[quote=darth_flavor]do you want to spend more time driving it or cleaning it when you get to spend that quality time with your car? on the other hand, if it bothers you so much and makes you stick your head down there all the time, lower it and then you'll see it even less. a car just for show blows but then again, who am i to tell anyone what to do? one last note, you do know powdercoating chips right? that means no driving or fixing it for what, a show? i buy cars to drive (not often, but it's mine) that still looks good but yet, it's still reasonable and i can clean it quicker. want something to show off?, buy a rolex or a model looking mail order bride.




Wow, what's wrong with wanting your car to look nice underneath? The poster just wanted our opinions on what color might look the best on his car. Seems like he rubbed you the wrong way for some reason.

For what it's worth, I just had my new subframe powdercoated a semi-gloss black. It ended up looking really glossy but I was happy with the results. My vote is to match the subframe to your suspension and rearend.

Andy

[darth_flavor]

nothing is wrong with wanting your car to look good underneath until you make it not drivable any more because you don't want it to get dirty. it kinda hurts my pride when i go to a show and see some car of my dream that's never driven that some deep pocket wanting to be cool guy has just to put in a show. i mean, having it clean underneath is one thing but having it pretty, is kinda wrong. it's a car first, anything else, second, and from what i read about this forum before i joined, this is supposed to be a place for cool, customized, and DRIVABLE cars. with that said, por-15 is my choice of frame coating and i know it's newer so the older crowd is usually against it, but that stuff hardens like a rock and doesn't chip and is probably the best protection against rust i've seen. then you can go ahead and use the rubberized under coating after that if you want or just leave it alone.

i also still don't understand why people haven't looked at the spray on truck bed liner for a frame coating. it comes in some cool finishes and again, it hardens like a rock. that to me would be better than anything that was just powdercoated. maybe it's just me, but i'm not into redoing the same car over and over. there is more than one car of my dreams.

[pchdrive]

My son and I are working now on a 1967 C20 and it has been given the full airbag treatment with notch, 14 bolt rear end with a custom made watts link.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=252364&page=8
No, it's not exactly pro touring but to answer your powdercoating question. I wanted something a little different. We selected silver-vein. It has an industrial look and does require a clear-coat. See link for photos.

[streetk14]

nothing is wrong with wanting your car to look good underneath until you make it not drivable any more because you don't want it to get dirty. it kinda hurts my pride when i go to a show and see some car of my dream that's never driven that some deep pocket wanting to be cool guy has just to put in a show. i mean, having it clean underneath is one thing but having it pretty, is kinda wrong. it's a car first, anything else, second, and from what i read about this forum before i joined, this is supposed to be a place for cool, customized, and DRIVABLE cars. with that said, por-15 is my choice of frame coating and i know it's newer so the older crowd is usually against it, but that stuff hardens like a rock and doesn't chip and is probably the best protection against rust i've seen. then you can go ahead and use the rubberized under coating after that if you want or just leave it alone.

i also still don't understand why people haven't looked at the spray on truck bed liner for a frame coating. it comes in some cool finishes and again, it hardens like a rock. that to me would be better than anything that was just powdercoated. maybe it's just me, but i'm not into redoing the same car over and over. there is more than one car of my dreams.

Welcome to our site

I am sure you will find that we are not into trailer queens here and that there are some bad ass cars being built and driven.

I'm with you there, I am not into having to clean the underside of my car nor am I worried about it getting dirty by driving it. That picture you posted is ridiculous and that is not the kind of stuff people are building on this site. I think most guys here just want something durable that is going to look good and take the abuse of street or track use.

With that said, here are some pics of my car after 15k of street miles. Still looks nice, but I'm not going to have mirrors showing off the undercarriage at shows (and I do put the car in a show or 2 a year).

Andy

[deuce]

darth did you even own anything powercoated?? i have and you can drop a wrench on it and it doesnt chip easy , my full 32 ford frame is black powdercoat and it is the easiest to keep cleanand very durable and yes i drive it every where. im sure the original poster wasnt looking for the answer you gave so watch what you type . sounds like he is building a nice 55 chevy not a crap wagon . and if someone wants a finished under side so be it ......here is my finished underside pretty gross huh ???

[streetk14]

darth did you even own anything powercoated?? i have and you can drop a wrench on it and it doesnt chip easy , my full 32 ford frame is black powdercoat and it is the easiest to keep cleanand very durable and yes i drive it every where. im sure the original poster wasnt looking for the answer you gave so watch what you type . sounds like he is building a nice 55 chevy not a crap wagon . and if someone wants a finished under side so be it ......here is my finished underside pretty gross huh ???

Amen to that....

[1FstChevy]

I say powdercoat it a matte black finish!

That way it'll show the least amount of dirt, and later down the road if you or a future owner wishes to paint it another color then the chassis will still be somewhat neutral and won't have to be changed as well!

[Young Gun]

I plan on powdercoating the chassis for the nova. We are gonna go with the MaxG chassis but havent decided on the color yet, thinking about powdercoating it the body color...undecided...but powdercoating definately seems the way to go if you want it to look good and last...

[jy211]

thanks for the opinions

I think I am just gonna go black with the frame...that way I can change my paint colors easier!