Hi to all,
I fully stripped down the chassis of my Fury and after strenghtening it I will need to paint it.
Which the best between POR15 and power coating?
I would say power coating, but with POR15 in the future I would have the chance to touch it up easy.
What's your opinion?
Maxx
[Edited on 29/1/15 by MadMaxx]
por 15,i got a chassis painted with that stuff,took for ever with an angry grinder cleaning spots to weld to,if mr angry cant move it i doubt stones
from the road will
Two pack version is brilliant. I have heard (don't know the truth myself) air drying version can go Green in UV exposed areas?
Por15 I'd say. I'ts not the easiest thing to paint on but very tough once done. It can discolour with UV like said but on a Fury
there's not a lot exposed to sunlight.
Powder-coating is great if done perfectly but the tubes need sand-blasting to give it a good surface to key to. Otherwise the weather will get
underneath from and little crack. Then it flakes off in sheets; I've just had to clean a Por15 large areas of mine for that reason.
The other thing to consider is painting in a light colour, as that makes cracks easier to spot. Thats why a lot of race car chassis are light grey.
Unfortunatly I don't think they do anything but black in Por15
Rust Bullet Automotive is a better paint than por15, is silver too
You can get POR15 in a few basic colours - I used silver on my rollbar.
If it's a road car, you're sure you've finished with the welding (a mythical state) and everything else, then powdercoat it. Lovely
finish, and if done properly, absolutely bulletproof.
If it's a race car, use paint. Almost anything will do. You will need to modify it and you will need to repair/weld it... frequently.
Thoroughly de-greased then 2 coats of red oxide primer followed by 2/3 coats of Homebase exterior gloss.
8.5 years later, many winter miles and now 6mths parked outside I still can't find any rust! 
Cheap too! 
Cheers,
James
Another vote for POR15 ,I used Hardnose paint from Frosts as a topcoat 6 years ago after hand stripping the crap powder coating from my chassis . Easy to apply and sticks like so be careful what you get it on , followed by Hardnose with virtually no brush marks
Both work very well if applied well, both can fail within a year if not....
Daniel
The POR15 base is uv sensitive but the top coats are not.
Andi
The Fury will be used mainly on road with some track days.
After all the comments I'm thinking to use POR15 with a top coat non sensibile to UV.
Could be sprayed or it should be only brushed?
You can do either, but I have only brushed.
Andi
POR15 brushes on very well - when you first put it on it looks awful, with brush marks everywhere, but as it dried all the marks get pulled in leaving
a nice smooth finish.
Note that if you're going to paint over POR15 you'll have to take the shine off it using wet-and-dry, otherwise the top coat will just fall
off later on (it's just the usual paint prep that you'd need with any paint system).
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
POR15 brushes on very well - when you first put it on it looks awful, with brush marks everywhere, but as it dried all the marks get pulled in leaving a nice smooth finish.
Note that if you're going to paint over POR15 you'll have to take the shine off it using wet-and-dry, otherwise the top coat will just fall off later on (it's just the usual paint prep that you'd need with any paint system).