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i have just bought a brand new rear sub frame..it has very light paint on it..what should i paint it with and should i put grit tex or something on over it?
thanks

if your going to paint it, your better off getting it sand blasted to make sure its solid,,, id say u cud use any paint on it, and laquer it,,, that wud do the job, front subframe wud need high temp but rear wudnt, hope dat helps

Hammerite is a fairly good hard wearing paint.

since it's new you might want to get it powder coated, a few lads here have had it done but it has to be clean first so no problem with a brand new one

Bert might be the man to ask about this

Hi, I'm just near the end of fitting mine, I got it sand blasted and then galvanized, seems OK any decent trailer/caravan on the road has it done with no signs of rust, quite cheap to get done too (€30 for galvanizing). Just make sure if you have any bits like exhaust hangers that may need welding on first as the zinc coating tends to make for a messy weld (I learnt that the hard way

I was told that galvanizing uses a lot of heat and can cause warping, anyone any info on it ?

It seems to be like the ole oil argument in that there's hugely mixed opinions on it, this here proves it http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/to ... 20subframe. I can safely say mine hasn't warped but that doesn't mean this whole "warping" thing can't happen as others have mentioned.

I had mine powder coated and to be honest it did,nt last much longer than if it had been painted . So this time I just painted mine in 2k paint and will wax it over that .

CLUBMANGT wrote:I had mine powder coated and to be honest it did,nt last much longer than if it had been painted . So this time I just painted mine in 2k paint and will wax it over that .

From what I'd heard it was supposed to be the be all and end all,
That's good to know Tony!

Yea mine was done by the lads where I work so they did a goog job for me and our paint plant was new at the time . Its at the seams where the rust starts . If I had payed to have had it done I would have said it was not worth it .