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Ok now im taking this truck down to bare frame now to keep it from rusting along with the rest of the sheet metal what is a good thing to do powder coating, or bedliner or is there something else.
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Depends however..... some parts are better and more cost effective to powdercoat while other parts are more appropriate and cost effective to bed-coat.
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The frame the underside of the bed, cab and fenders. Want the under body to be pertected as best as possible I may drive it here and there in the winter and spring months.
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I'd powdercoat the frame suspension and axle components and use undercoating or similar bed coating on the underside of the cab bed and inner fenders that's my plan atleast on my truck I'm building
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The only caveat with powder coating the frame is protecting any threaded holes/lugs and to to drill the holes for any add-ons (like step brackets, grounding lugs/bolts, etc.) before powder coating. Some have removed the riveted components like crossmembers and spring perches and bolted them on afterwards. That way, there are few, if any, nooks and crannies that the powder coater may miss.
In addition to corrosion protection, bed liner also adds mass to panels that may drum. It's also a sound deadener (again due to mass) and also deflects/cushions stones, rocks, sand that may chip or abrade the surface.
Good luck.
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Spot on.
The only caveat with powder coating the frame is protecting any threaded holes/lugs and to to drill the holes for any add-ons (like step brackets, grounding lugs/bolts, etc.) before powder coating. Some have removed the riveted components like crossmembers and spring perches and bolted them on afterwards. That way, there are few, if any, nooks and crannies that the powder coater may miss.
In addition to corrosion protection, bed liner also adds mass to panels that may drum. It's also a sound deadener (again due to mass) and also deflects/cushions stones, rocks, sand that may chip or abrade the surface.
Good luck.
The only caveat with powder coating the frame is protecting any threaded holes/lugs and to to drill the holes for any add-ons (like step brackets, grounding lugs/bolts, etc.) before powder coating. Some have removed the riveted components like crossmembers and spring perches and bolted them on afterwards. That way, there are few, if any, nooks and crannies that the powder coater may miss.
In addition to corrosion protection, bed liner also adds mass to panels that may drum. It's also a sound deadener (again due to mass) and also deflects/cushions stones, rocks, sand that may chip or abrade the surface.
Good luck.
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