Small project of the day (painting my shocks)

[Vtx531]

Nothing crazy or exciting-

I got some new ones for free. (Thank you lifetime warranty) They are Monroe OESpectrum. The factory paint job looked pretty bad. Thin and missed spots. The old ones got rusty in places due to poor paint job. Plus I want everything under my Jeep to be flat black.

So I removed the decals with a heat gun, wiped with mineral spirits, scuffed with green scuff pad, blew off with compressed air, wiped with mineral spirits again, two coats Rustoleum primer. Two coats Rustoleum flat black.

Wondering if anyone else has painted their shocks with more elaborate paint job or any interesting colors compared to flat black?

Hope this holds up better than it would have otherwise. Plan on doing the same for new trackbar, coil springs, bumpstop cups that are coming from FedEx today.

 

[tworley]

I painted my ranchos black, nothing fancy. Similar process as you. Its been a couple years now and they are not showing any signs of rust.

 

[Vtx531]

Its been a couple years now and they are not showing any signs of rust.

Good to hear that!

 

[freedom_in_4low]

I painted my RS5000x silver, because I had a can of silver in the garage that I'd used for my front diff cover.

It came out looking like their higher end line which comes silver.

 

[JMT]

Nothing crazy or exciting-

I got some new ones for free. (Thank you lifetime warranty) They are Monroe OESpectrum. The factory paint job looked pretty bad. Thin and missed spots. The old ones got rusty in places due to poor paint job. Plus I want everything under my Jeep to be flat black.

So I removed the decals with a heat gun, wiped with mineral spirits, scuffed with green scuff pad, blew off with compressed air, wiped with mineral spirits again, two coats Rustoleum primer. Two coats Rustoleum flat black.

Wondering if anyone else has painted their shocks with more elaborate paint job or any interesting colors compared to flat black?

Hope this holds up better than it would have otherwise. Plan on doing the same for new trackbar, coil springs, bumpstop cups that are coming from FedEx today.

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Nice job! I've painted several sets of Rancho's. I used the same hanging method. My favorite are my current silver shocks. The enamel is quite hard on this set.

 

[eastbloc]

Ranchos build quality was "interesting" considering that i was switching from Fox
I did not go the length you guys did, simply used spraycan of silver Eastwood rust encapsulator on top of original white paint.
Year and half later

 

[freedom_in_4low]

Ranchos build quality was "interesting" considering that i was switching from Fox
I did not go the length you guys did, simply used spraycan of silver Eastwood rust encapsulator on top of original white paint.
Year and half later
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yours don't look any worse than mine do. I scraped the right rear up pretty good when I swapped them over to the LJ because I wasn't that careful about not manhandling it all around the exhaust and track bar.