Powdercoat or Paint the Frame?

I am getting ready to tear down my jeep and I was wondering was the general feeling was on powdercoating the frame instead of spraying it with automotive paint?

I figure that the powdercoat will look better and provide better coverage but is hard to touch up and cost more.

 

I like Interstate Rust Killer. It is easy to prep for and paintable. Or you just leave it with it's dark brown finish which is what I did on my frame.

 

I painted mine it makes it nice when you go adding bumpers, racks, spring mods and countless other thing as a jeep is never done in my books.

 

Paint.

 

Or use bed liner Like BrenGun did.

 

It looks like it's not much of a choice after all.. Thanks for the input I was leaning towards paint for all the reasons listed. I think that I will go with the wally world rust converter and then a good coat of rustoleum over that..

 

I went with paint.Got a wire wheel and stripped it all and used a marine rust preventer then painted nice plus like others said u can grind and weld and touch up easy.:v6:R)

 

If the powder coat is flaking off, its because there was a problem with the prep, coat thickness, or cook time. If you are going to weld or mod the frame in the future, then yes, Paint...plus its allot cheaper

 

Yeh u arent kidding cheaper! I was going to get my inside of my tub line -x and a quote of 900 i opted to hurculiner and it came out good .

 

Well it's been awhile but I have had my head down working hard on the Jeep and other things. Thought that I would post some updated pic's so that everyone can see how the POR-15 paint looks on the frame.







Posted allot more pics in my garage.

 

I cleaned my frame with some degreaser and alot of pressure washing. Then it was a trip to the sand blaster and afterwards, primer, and then two coats of POR-15. Looks like a frame off of the show room floor.

 

Paint, easy touchup and it's easy to spot cracks in the frame. If you undercoat it you won't see the crack if you develop one.

 

I had my frame powdercoated and it looks wonderful. But my plans for my CJ5 are likely much different than what a lot of you guys use yours for. Mine's going back to as near-stock as possible, and will stay that way. No radical mods or uses in my plans.