Powder coating, done correctly, is very robust and should last for years. Chipping of the coating can be a minor issue, but the Morgan has an advantage in that much of it is visible and can be detected easily.
Modern paint coatings are almost as robust as powder coating and less prone to chipping. A top restoration company I know moved away from powder coating to painting of suspension components for this reason. They restored my car 15 years ago and all the suspension components are still like new, as is the chassis. Had the car rusted in a couple of weeks they would have collected it and rectified the problem.
The suspension on the Super Three is on view, which makes it even more important that it looks good as well as being protected.
It will be interesting to see if the new management will address these issues more successfully than the recently departed Steve Morris managed with the M3W.
I agree. The ineviatble brittleness due to baking in the powder coating process makes it less suitable to under areas continually battered by road grit. I would imagine that suitable air dried paint finishes coupled with matching primer onto a prepared surface are going to fair far better. It appears MMC have missed out the last two!
Richard
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