OK to powdercoat external fork springs?

[beemercafe]

I'm building an old bike that has external fork springs that are typically covered by gators.

I bought a new set of springs but they aren't that pretty. I want to run the bike without the gators and keep the springs exposed - so i want them looking better then bare steel.

I worry about powder coat cracking or the UV coat cracking (needed over top of the powder coat) due to the spring compression action.

But I know rear shock springs can be powder coated. Is there a powder that is flexible and a powder that is not?

I worry these will look like crap after a few hundred miles.

Is powder generally OK? Or a type of paint?

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

You can PC the springs, "light" blast and ask the painter to shoot the powder light as possible to cover good. The thicker the mill the more chance you will have of crack/peeling... the good news is those springs are easy to pop off and re-coat every couple years to keep em fresh looking

 

[irk miller]

What about Plasti-dip? The more popular it becomes, the larger the color chart. They even have metallics now.

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

What about Plasti-dip? The more popular it becomes, the larger the color chart. They even have metallics now.

P-dip would work, and it comes in a "glossifier" now also for after the color, my kid uses this stuff all the time and did a radical super custom bagged C10 that sits on the ground entirely with dip.

 

[beemercafe]

Never heard of plasti-dip... but I'm going to look into some asap!
Thanks for the tip!