Black powdercoated fox 2.5 coils?

Anybody ever powdercoat their Fox 2.5 coil springs to black rather than the factory silver?

 

How will people know they are Fox???

 

lol I guess I’m not sure. Is that the cardinal sign they’re fox?

 

I wonder if the powdercoat would affect heat dissipation negatively.

 

Im on the fence about it but I’m considering it because I’m working with a powdercoater on my suspension right now. I wouldn’t think it would affect them that way but I could be wrong

 

I would think powder coat would wear off in the areas where it touches other metal at the two ends. When that happens I bet it would continue to disappear.

 

Powdercoating definitely doesn’t make things stronger to the best of my knowledge. Especially on something like springs… Too much heat.

Seems like a risky, non-functional upgrade for something that is hyper-functional.

 

Not sure if this is trolling or you're retarded.

 

Toilet baby

 

The goal wouldn't be to increase strength. It would be for aesthetic appearance because the frame and other suspension components are black. Not dead set on powdercoating though just curious if anyone else has done it since it's not uncommon for people to powdercoat custom lift kits.

 

I was implying that it only makes it weaker. You are cooking your springs in an oven.

 

I gotcha. I didn't know coil springs were known to break but Ive never really been in the suspension game so i wouldn't know. Depending on the material they're made of I wouldn't worry too much about 400° for 15 minutes. Hot dip galvanizing can take stuff up over 1000°F and with that there is the chance of warping but i wouldn't think it would compromise strength?

 

Probably both, but never full retard. My statement stands though. Heat dissipation is likely not affected too much, but you are adding an additional layer of "stuff".....black in color.....over what is basically a giant aluminum heatsink. Will it matter? Probably not in any real world applications unless you beat the hell out of your suspension on 100+ degree days on the regular.

 

I'm still not sure if you're trolling or not. Why do you think springs, which are outside the shock body, are affecting heat dissipation of fluid contained within the shock body/external reservoir?

To those concerned about weakening steel in a 400* powder coating oven...I don't even know where to begin.

 

If that's your truck in the avatar, I'd make them either match the body paint or some accent color like red or lime.

Black just blends away visually, and you need a pop of color to enhance the looks.

 

I am clearly retarded and missed that he was asking specifically about the coil springs. I thought he was talking about powder coating the entire coilover, shock body and all....which is the component I was referring to when talking about heat dissipation.

 

Go outside nerd

 

Well, I’ve powder coated many items in the past. It is just paint at typically 5 microns thickness. If you are going to powder coat the shock bodies then you want them depressurized first. I wouldn’t stick a pressurized cylinder in my oven. If you do that then I would probably also have them rebuilt after having the seals and o-rings baked also. Powdercoat is just paint but once compromised it cannot be repaired. If you want to do something other than cerakote then just rattle can primer them and pick a paint of your choice. 2K epoxy are very resilient to exposure and abrasion. Powder coating a shock body seems a bit too much for me. Coils, sure do whatever you want but it is cheaper often to just buy new coils then have them stripped and powder coated.

 

No definitely going that far I was just pondering powdering the coils

 

I have some panels on my truck powdered black with flake and I’m doing that same color on my upper control arms and my sway bar. So I thought about doing the coils that color too, but I just powdercoated my frame black so I thought maybe just do black to match the frame. Idk im indecisive