Got my homemade shackles back from the powdercoater...

[mofugly13]

Got my homemade shackles back in preparation for my 1-ton D70 swap with ford 3" ide 57" springs. I'm stoked, so, not that anyone cares, I thought I'd show off a couple of photos.

They're a darker olive drab color, it doesn't show up well in the pics. After paying $80 to have them done, I'm gonna look into getting my own powdercoating setup.

 

[divorced]

I'm gonna look into getting my own powdercoating setup.

You will make many "new" friends!

Your shackles look cool, they look "extreme duty"!

 

[tomseviltwin]

They look solid and nice

 

[rdn2blazer]

nice job on the shackles, i have a eastwood powdercoat kit and i highly recomend it. its payed for it self 100 times over. ive done dozens of parts for myself and made some cash doing parts for people.

 

[jarheadk5]

Nice.

 

[bigyellowjimmy]

Nice work

 

[mofugly13]

Thanks for the compliments, fellas! I am quite proud of them if I do say so myself. Anyone know the best place to buy a powdercoat setup and approximately how much it costs?

 

[ryoken]

nice fab work man... so is that the only option? noones producing one?

 

[readymix]

Not sure of where to buy the PC setup. I just had to chime in and tell you those are sweet. Did you do it all yourself or just the design phase?

 

[spearchucker]

Anyone know the best place to buy a powdercoat setup and approximately how much it costs?

I think rdn2blazer said he got his at eastwood

 

[rubbinz raczn]

very nice

 

[mofugly13]

I did all the fab myself, and most of the design. Before I got started on the fab I posted up some questions here and got some good advice from other members on how to bend the 3/8 flat bar. Then I sent them out for powdercoating, but the cutting, bending, drilling and welding was all me. I took pics of each and every step from layout to cutting to the final welding of the braces, I can post some of those if anyone is interested in fabbing up their own. The bushing sleeve took some lathe work, but it was not REALLY necessary. I used 1 7/8 x .375 wall DOM, and turned the ends down to 1 3/4" to fit the 1 3/4" holes I drilled into the shacke side plates. It was a pretty fun project. Again, thanks for all the props, guys.