Frame paint

[Rt Jam]

Suggestions for frame paint. This frame is going under my Grand National. It's super solid with no wax coating on it.

Looking for ideas on a 1 stage spray and on a go. I am not willing to do the 16 part steps of prep. Just want to scratch it with Scotch pads and blow some paint on it but what is good?

 

[kornball426]

I don't have a recommendation, but where did you get those rear control arms? Are they billet aluminum? I haven't seen ones like that before.

Do you have a proper GN rear to go with it?

 

[Streetbu]

I'd just use acrylic urethane black and spray it on... I used Rust-Oleum, satin finish looks great, but because I had to reduce it to spray it (and you're not supposed to) it doesn't seem all that stuff :/

 

[Rt Jam]

The lower control arms are from ATR. I will not be using them. I want a control arm that can articulate. Solid or really stiff bushings are hard on mounts during articulation. Against GNVair's advice the upper Metco's will be equal length to each other. I will adjust them to stock length then fine tune both of them the same amount to get the pinion angle dialed in. This is for my 87 GN which has a G80 8.5" already in it.

Hey Streetbu, do you have any pics of your frame? How long ago did you paint it?

 

[MrSony]

I like the looks of the rustoleum 7777 Satin black. They have a rusty metal primer as well as a clean metal primer. Heard good things every time it was mentioned and is what I'm gonna use.

 

[Streetbu]

The lower control arms are from ATR. I will not be using them. I want a control arm that can articulate. Solid or really stiff bushings are hard on mounts during articulation. Against GNVair's advice the upper Metco's will be equal length to each other. I will adjust them to stock length then fine tune both of them the same amount to get the pinion angle dialed in. This is for my 87 GN which has a G80 8.5" already in it.

Hey Streetbu, do you have any pics of your frame? How long ago did you paint it?

Yeah in my build thread... Let me see if I can dig some up from when I did the frame off.

 

[Rt Jam]

What's it look like up close? Did you spray or brush?

 

[Streetbu]

I sprayed. Thinned it which it says on the can not to do. Sprayed fine, doesn't seem quite as tough though. Finish is nice though. Note:I didn't use any primer on the frame first, just sprayed directly over bare, cleaned metal.

Just took this pic.

 

[Jimmy]

This is the hammerite paint I used. It can be sprayed or brushed

 

[mikester]

I sprayed the frame and all the suspension parts for my wagon with SEM Hot Rod black. Downside is the frame needs to be clean and it needs a good primer. I dont think many paints out there hold up as well as a good automotive paint with a hardener. Especially aerosols since the VOCs have been removed. I had my landscape trailer sandblasted, primed and sprayed with black implement paint. A year later the paint looked like crap. Seems like a lot of work for nothing unless you use good paint and prep it right.