Drax240z Posted November 10, 2000 Share Posted November 10, 2000 Just rebuilding a front clip for my car. I'm wondering if anyone knows if POR-15 will be flexible enough to paint my springs with? Otherwise, what (if any) paint is recommended? I'm not spending the cash on powdercoating... These are a spare set of springs that I have cut a coil off of as a little experiment. ------------------ "Gimme Fuel, Gimme Fire, Gimme that which I desire" -Metallica Drax240z 1972 240z - L28TURBO transplant on the way! http://members.xoom.com/r_lewis/datsun.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted November 10, 2000 Share Posted November 10, 2000 Yeah, POR-15 is a polyurethane, but it's probably not flexible enough for that. Sounds like an experiment is in order . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 10, 2000 Share Posted November 10, 2000 Donno about Por15's elasticity, but another product that is flexible is Plastidip. Its a synthetic rubber that can be dipped, or thinned and sprayed on (they have it in aerosol cans as well). The stuff flexes and comes in colors and doesn't chip, yata yata, heres there website technical info page: http://www.plastidip.com/html/pd_pduvs.html Its available from like Home Depot as well, should work great, I was gonna do my bumpers in it, but I've seen so many Z's with blacked out bumpers I'm not sure I'm going that route now. Just a cheap idea. Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 10, 2000 Share Posted November 10, 2000 Hey, how much lower did you get with a coil cut off? My car came with the euro Z springs, and being heavily lightened it sits pretty high. Was thinking about cutting them temporarily until I get my ground control toys to get a bit higher spring rate(They are crazy soft) and a bit lower. ------------------ Morgan http://z31.com/~morgan/s30 http://carfiche.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted November 10, 2000 Author Share Posted November 10, 2000 Don't know, they aren't back in yet. I cut off 1 coil, off the top of the front springs. I am mainly looking for a bit higher spring rate. From the guys that have done it, the advised method is to go 1/2 coil at a time and see how it feels. I have an extra set of springs, so I decided to go a full coil for the first one. (the actual length of the spring probably changed about 3/4" or less) Unfortunately the car won't be running around until spring. I doubt I'll recognise it with the changes being made... it'll be hard to pinpoint exactly how much difference the cut springs made by themselves. Lots of people say this is extremely dangerous practice, etc. I think if you know what you are doing and what problems to look for you can make sure that you do it safely. Serious problems are not going to happen unless you are radically cutting coils off IMHO. ------------------ "Gimme Fuel, Gimme Fire, Gimme that which I desire" -Metallica Drax240z 1972 240z - L28TURBO transplant on the way! http://members.xoom.com/r_lewis/datsun.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted November 11, 2000 Author Share Posted November 11, 2000 I found some flexible bumper paint on my shelf. I am going to paint the springs with that. I'm not sure just how much this paint will flex, but I think it will move enough. ------------------ "Gimme Fuel, Gimme Fire, Gimme that which I desire" -Metallica Drax240z 1972 240z - L28TURBO transplant on the way! http://members.xoom.com/r_lewis/datsun.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 11, 2000 Share Posted November 11, 2000 I put some POR-15 on the underside of that cowl in front of the windshield. Wife ran over a corner of it and I noticed that the POR flakes off real easy. May have been the amount of paint, may have been the prep to the surface, but it seems to me that if it is supposed to get real hard and protect what's underneath, it'll crack. Owen ------------------ http://www.homestead.com/s30z/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 13, 2000 Share Posted November 13, 2000 For whatever it's worth, I read an article in some muscle car magazine about por-15 - they were sent some sample pieces of metal with por-15 on them and they bent the metal strips up pretty good and it didn't come off. Did you follow the application instructions closely? Properly prepare the metal? ------------------ Morgan http://z31.com/~morgan/s30 http://carfiche.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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