[cvalcore]

i wonted to make some stainless steel long arm brackets and some one told me that you can not use stainless on suspension brackets i was told it would crack and brake i was wondering if any one would no anything about this i don't really trust the person it came from but no one i talked to could give a definite answerer. and i cant find anything supporting this ether.

 

[sloue]

seems to me i have heard that ss is a noo for stressed out parts not docil enough dont q me on that but i think i rember being told that back in the day . ill be looking in on that.

 

[plumcrazy]

Stainless is harder than mild steel, which means it is also more brittle.

 

[cvalcore]

ok then i really had my heart set on some polished brackets they would have looked sweet and would not of had to be cleaned constantly like chrome

 

[sloue]

Stainless is harder than mild steel, which means it is also more brittle.

yep thats what i was getting at . i talked to a boiler maker yesterday and he laugh at me for asking so that would be a denfinate no no.

ok then i really had my heart set on some polished brackets they would have looked sweet and would not of had to be cleaned constantly like chrome

steel polishes up nice a coupel coats of good clear, not as bitchen as ss but...... JUST a note on chrome on suspension parts i would not do it . i learnded this when i was a street demond. i have seen a few broken chrome springs and ladder bars tie rods in my time . some thing to do with the chroming makes the **** brittle just what i have ssen in my years .

 

[cvalcore]

ill figure it out maybe chrome paint would be look good.

 

[Demon-FX4]

chrome paint would be cheaper and if it starts coming off just sand it and repaint it

 

[cvalcore]

i dont no about cheaper that new real crome paint is very pricy and its not like regular paint you have to spray it like no other paint ive been told

 

[gerald1488]

Really I wonder what the preperation on the metal would be first before you spray it on???

 

[Demon-FX4]

it would have to be very clean i would imagine lol

 

[cvalcore]

i dont no i might have to find out some more about it

 

[Demon-FX4]

well when u do let us know

 

[gerald1488]

Yes for sure but I am typically not one to roll with chrome but it would still be a very interesting learn there.

 

[Demon-FX4]

yes it is so if anyone knows i would like to know this for future knowlage

 

[gerald1488]

heck yea me too

 

[cvalcore]

ok ill let you no. i dont really like crome i mean i like crome but hate the high maint of it and when it gets rusty you have to spend a ton in recromeing it

 

[gerald1488]

Yes you do and it is expensive..

 

[Demon-FX4]

and add it into the tech section

 

[TS6034]

When I sandblasted my intake, I wanted to paint it to look like raw aluminum. I bought some "aluminum" paint from the store and it was almost as perfect as you could expect chrome to look out of a spray can. I had to re-sandblast it because it wasn't the look I was going for but I was impressed with the quality for a spray can chrome.

 

[Olfordtruck]

get it powdercoated!