[Huffi]

I've decided that to powder coat my Checker Plate black to match the paint job im going to get on my landy once It has its new doors attached.

My 110 has a lot of checker plate, bonnet, wings, and down the full length on the side of the car and the side steps/rock sliders.

Is it possible/less work to powder coat them while they are still on the car - theres so much to remove otherwise and its been on there 15 years. If i protect the painted areas with lots of tape or something?

Obviously I am going to respray the car after - so it shouldn't be too hard - just don't want to damage anything.

Will this work?

 

[Pikey]

not unless you want the landy to go up in flames. Powdercoat is baked on in a very hot oven..

 

[AlbertDefender90]

I think powder coating only works by heating up the material so I doubt it would be possible to do in situ

 

[oli1]

as above, powder coated parts are baked in an oven..

If you're going to respray the land rover anyway why not etch prime the chequer plate (assuming it's bare metal) and spray the whole lot with it in situ in one hit?
Powder coating is also no cheap.

 

[DaveM-sport]

Just remove it. Spray the whole defender when its off and then refit the chequer plate when its powder coated.

That way, it'll also eliminate the possibity of getting lacquer peel all around the chequer plating over time if it was all painted with it fitted.

 

[Huffi]

This is why you guys are bloody useful. I've set my car on fire twice before (by shorting it..)

Worth while just buying new plates then.

 

[ratty]

This is why you guys are bloody useful. I've set my car on fire twice before (by shorting it..)

Worth while just buying new plates then.

I've just repainted my chequer plate for the second time. The first time was 5 years ago. It was just starting to look tatty. I used etch primer and satin black the first time. This time I've gone satin black hammerite which seems to have dried into a much tougher coating. Hopefully be easier to touch up too.

 

[Huffi]

I've just repainted my chequer plate for the second time. The first time was 5 years ago. It was just starting to look tatty. I used etch primer and satin black the first time. This time I've gone satin black hammerite which seems to have dried into a much tougher coating. Hopefully be easier to touch up too.

I'll bear that in mind, might be worth just buying some new black checker plate. Depends on the cost of the powder coating

 

[DaveM-sport]

All comes down to the quality of the coating on te new stuff compared to getting your own redone really I suppose.

I doubt getting the lot powder-coated would be dearer than getting new stuff though.

I reckon I could get all my chequer plate blasted and re-coated for about 100-150 euro which is wing-tops, sills, rear quarters and fuel filler surround.
Doubt I'd get new stuff for less than that plus the more you have the bigger the difference in price as normally, powder-coaters do a better price on a good batch of stuff.