Painting my rear axle.

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Jdoidge92

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Hey guys,
I was looking into painted my rear axel on the '13 ram but couldn't find many threads about what paint should be used.
I though id put a little something together to show what i used and how it came out!




The paint i ended up used was Dupli-colors engine enamel.
I used this when i painted my engine cover and loved how it turned out (high gloss) so thats one if the reasons i picked this product.

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After choosing this, i began to clean up the axle. I used a wire brush to get the surface rust off then used carb cleaner to remove any dirt and gunk.
The rust wasn't bad so i just used some rustoleum primer.
I did contemplate using some rust stabilizer though.

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I applied about 3 layers of the semi gloss black high temp. paint and decided since i was under the truck i might as well paint my rear stabilizer bar red cause i had some left over paint from my engine cover.
Im Very happy how it came out, no more surface rust!!
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Finished Product! :buffer:
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Oh and one last thing, tin foil is an awesome way to stop overspray, I was using newspaper but it was difficult to find clean areas to tape too.
Tin foil can be formed around any object!!
 

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Not a fan of the red but you did a fantastic job on the axle. Looks better than new. Good job.
 
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Jdoidge92

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Thanks a lot! As for the red, I'm going for the red accent colors (the trucks black) and I was hoping I'd pick up some extra HP with the red haha
 

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Wow that turned out very well! Nice job!
 

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Looks great! Can't wait to clean up my entire suspension when I lift it
 

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That looks good man! I like the accent color on there. And yes, red is good for about 10hp. While black accents on white trucks are good for at least 200hp, that's why everybody does it. As you can tell by my ride I'm pushing well over 800 horses.

To the OP, job came out great, might have just inspired me to clean mine up!


Word on the street is the really big horse power gains are achieved with Purple..........or so I've heard!
 

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In addition to the "like" function for threads, we also need insta-tags like Mall Crawler or Pavement Princess!

But, seriously, looks good.
 

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To the OP, job came out great, might have just inspired me to clean mine up!


Word on the street is the really big horse power gains are achieved with Purple..........or so I've heard!

Now see... I heard Orange was a big power boost! Somebody is pulling our leg! :crazy:
 

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That really turned out good, may have to look at doing that myself. Not sure what accent color would look good on the blue truck though.
 

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