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    Powder Coat or Paint?

    in Body Kits & Paint

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    They powder coat the frames.....not fiberglass.

     

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    I've read a few kit-car magazines where they do powder-coating. It seems to be pretty popular with the kit-car cobras. I think it's factory five racing that offers a powder-coated body as an option.

    Twitter ....how do I use it?

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    Damn right Im showing my age!:mrgreen: and proud of it!

     

    However it appears that age has nothing to do with it....Yesterday I also asked my sons, 15 and 17.... how to use this freakin thing and guess what....they didnt really understand it either.

     

    Both had accounts and both gave up on twitter shortly after registering. They agreed there was absolutely no value to it and indicated only losers tweet. None of their friends tweet...or dont admit to it.

     

    Both are very active...... both have lives!

     

    On the flip side...we are members of Hybridz!...doesnt that make us part of the "social generation"?.......:mrgreen:

     

    You need to ask how to use twitter????

    showing your age???

     

     

    In reality, i refuse to use twitter/facebook/myspace ect ect because i cant easily figure it out, and dont want to admit that i am actually getting old and may not be 'cool' anymore because im not part of the 'social' generation.

     

    meh, i have a damn nice garage, plenty of tools, and nice cars to turn a spanner on, i dont need twitter :eek:

    Twitter ....how do I use it?

    in Non Tech Board

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    HAHAHAA.......luv it!

     

    Ive wasted my morning trying the understand this cultural phenom to no avail. Im pretty sure there is no true value to twitter....other than perhaps aquiring porn links!

     

    I will leave twitter for those that can identify with each others self importance.

     

    Thank you for clarity!

     

     

    There are certain steps you must take before you can fully embrace Twitter. The first thing, of course, is that you must make sure that you have no life. Secondly, you must have an interest in others who similarly have no life. And third you must, despite your lack of life, have sufficient self-importance to believe that the meaningless moments of your life is of interest to others.

     

    Only when you have taken these steps can you be considered ready to tweet.

    Powder Coat or Paint?

    in Body Kits & Paint

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    What I find odd about the hot rod article is they used powder as a primer and then applied body filler on top ......? followed by wet paint!

     

    Odd sequence.

     

    Yup it will wrap around edges but farady will prevent it from getting into corners.

    Powder Coat or Paint?

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    ok....I do stand corrected...BMW does use a clear powder top coat...but colour? Are you sure?

     

    http://www.usautoparts.net/bmw/bmw/assembly/painting.htm

     

    Agreed....powder is a very tough paint and near indistructable. Thats why custom motorcycle frames are PP'd. The rest is wet painted for optimal appearance.

     

    Wow. BMW powdercoats the new 3 series. They go through UV lamps for curing instead of a conventional oven. The reason it is not common is because it has to be heated to 350 min. If my oven was a little bigger I could do a whole Z. I just got another 73 240z and was planning to do everything but the frame because of size. Bought sight unseen because of no rust and the fenders are fiberglass DOH!!! Only epoxy powder is damaged by UV and it isn't used much. Since I can't do frames I'm not pimping myself, just trying to pass on correct information. IF I had the money and a bigger oven I would powderfcoat my car without question. I should make a video of me blasting metal with paint on it, the paint flies off, powder not even close. It is far superior to paint for protection and you can add flakes, pearls, etc. I will be doing the Z's some time and will start a thread when I do. I might do the whole 72 240zt since I am upgrading that to an intercooler (powdercoated), megasquirt and EDIS. My doors, front fenders, hood and everything but the frame I can do now and will start once the snow falls. I have had 4 calls for frames to be done, all by guys building rods. My 78z is the copper metallic stock and I made a clear with copper flake and it matches almost exactly, I did a spare gas flap to test and it came out very close to the original, I will tweak the formula a little more. One caveat like stated is that you can't "touch up" the coating because it doesn't blend in, but my supplier can match any powder and make it a paint for touch up. Good luck.
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