hey man!i painted my frame but i wish i had powdercoated it,i'm impressed with it's durability on all my suspension.when u powdercoat your frame,give them a peice of sheet metal about 5"by5" and have them coat that at the same time. that way when it comes time to put some paint on the frame you can go to your local paint shop and have them match it from that.most have a computer device called the Prophet,it's a digital camera that takes a picture of the color and can do one of two things,it can choose a color formula from its large color library or make you a custom formula.if they don't have that,i'm sure they could come up with something close for ya.81's right epoxy primer's a good time.