I want my control arms powder coated. After doing research on removing the ball joints I discovered that the lower ball joints are nonremovable and if need replacing that a whole lower control arm needs replaced. They are pressed in for single use. Has anyone had one powder coated and did the ball joint make it through the oven ok?
Has anyone had the control arms powder coated?
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I want my control arms powder coated. After doing research on removing the ball joints I discovered that the lower ball joints are nonremovable and if need replacing that a whole lower control arm needs replaced. They are pressed in for single use. Has anyone had one powder coated and did the ball joint make it through the oven ok?
Blaze drive the Slingshot out to Bob Payne's powder coating on Hyw 2 about 700 west and talk to Bob.
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I want my control arms powder coated. After doing research on removing the ball joints I discovered that the lower ball joints are nonremovable and if need replacing that a whole lower control arm needs replaced. They are pressed in for single use. Has anyone had one powder coated and did the ball joint make it through the oven ok?
I don’t think you can powder coat it with ball joints in it, because the temperature for powder coating is 350-400 degrees Fahrenheit
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I painted the control arms with black epoxy spray and they come out pretty nice..
I wrapped everything that was not going to be painted in alumium foil and removed the shocks..
Had mine on lift to make things easier to do this work..
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Why would allow the top ball joint to be changed but not the bottom. Makes no sense using such inferior parts.
If you were a Polaris engineer you would understand. The rest of the world scratches their heads...
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The high temps involved with powder coating may alter the temper of the parts -- if they were tempered. You wouldn't want control arms going soft. Although great protection from corrosion, paint may also obscure cracking. These are very lightweight aluminum parts.
