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I was wondering how this would hold up. I would think pretty well. But if it did get scratched or damaged, how do you redo powder coat? Just looking for a more forgiving finish than regular paint. TIA for your comments.

If "shiny" is not important, why not try that roll on bedliner stuff, i.e. Rhinoliner. Saw a picture in a rodding magazine where a guy had used the stuff on the top surface of the running boards over shiny paint on the sides. Looked good and should be very servicable. I understand you can recoat the bedliner stuff easily if it gets skinned up.

I thought the same thing. I had a set powdercoated for 80.00 dollars. They
were scratched terrible in a week. I took
them off and went back to the powdercoater.
He re blasted them and called his supplier.
The supplier recommended a heavier duty
powder with a matt finish. had them re-powder
coated ,still didnt last a week. If I do them
again I am gonna have them sprayed with the
rubberized pick-up box liner like Rhino
coating. I have seen this at the shows and it looks good.,but I dont know if it will hold up or if they dont step on them ??
Mike

I sand blasted a set, epoxy primered and then did a dark gray metallic Imron with clear coat. Stepped on them all the time (as did all my buddies!) never had a problem with scratching them up. Looked good for years after painting.

Thanks for the replys. I think I'll to some kind of paint. I'm pretty happy with Hammerite that I used on the suspension pieces as things were replace. Pretty durable and cheap. Maybe I'll give that a whirl. Hey, thanks again.
Dennis