I picked up my frame and suspension pieces from the powdercoaters in Mexia. The name of the place that did the coating is Craftmasters Powdercoating, Inc. Overall they did an excellent job. The frame looks awesome. All of the pieces were sandblasted and coated in gloss black; they actually did two coats on the frame.
Here is a shot of all of the stray pieces that bolt to the frame, including the exhaust and bumper brackets and the front anti-sway bar and gravel shield.
Here is a shot of the rear suspension pieces. Not that on the u-bolt assemblies they masked off the threads. I'm told that powder is thick enough to impede a nut from threading on and does not simply scrape off when the bolt is spun on like paint would.
Here are some pictures of all the front suspension pieces.
You can see on the spring plates how smooth the upper surface is relative to the underside, from the sandblasting.
The frame looks tremendous. It is hardly recognizable given the dirty, grease-caked monstrosity it was when I pulled the body off.
Then VIN is now clearly visible on the frame: SRL 311-01633.
