Painting Intercooler

[RED_DET]

What seems to be the best product out, that will not effect the effieiency of the intercooler?

[getnrowdy23]

dont know but i want something black to powercoat my front mount with...

[MainEvent212]

something that's very thin, i've been recommended vinyl paint before...

[gsxtasee]

I would not recommend powder coat. it has good insulative properties that somewhat negate the point of having an IC... try anodizing. only a few atoms thick and still makes it look pretty dark... will not affect heat transfer and is quite durable.

[RED_DET]

I would not recommend powder coat. it has good insulative properties that somewhat negate the point of having an IC... try anodizing. only a few atoms thick and still makes it look pretty dark... will not affect heat transfer and is quite durable.

and where might one get anodizing done or do it yourself?

[MainEvent212]

man fudge all that! that's expensive...i'm tellin you, thin paints work fine!

[gsxtasee]

A light coat of paint would work fine unless you are looking for all out performance, then uncoated or anodized is the way to go. anodizing can be done at most machine shops (comercial, not car shops)

http://www.aluminumanodizing.com/page2. ... ndex2.html

[BB Turbo]

paint it black! sleeperish

[silkk]

use radiator paint

[navysnail]

ya there is some black paint out there that accually improves thermal efficiency (read about it in the slepper thing in SCC)

[IvoryJ30t]

swain tech does a black thermally conductive coating.

[Cyberkreig]

radiator paint will work fine.

one of the big IC companies (hks or blitz, i forget) did a study that showed a light coat of spraypaint had no measureable effect on efficiency

[BB Turbo]

I thought it was Garrett?

[navysnail]

swain, thats it!!

i know garrett tested, maby the other ones did too

[jEzTeR]

I'd leave it alone.



A big FMIC will look great on your car. Just try to hide it.

[jEzTeR]

Are you going to use the stock bumper?

[RED_DET]

Yup sure will. Kinda hard to hide something 33" long, 5" tall and 3" thick. So I think the paint will be my cover, plus a stock hood painted primer. Then my car will be in sleeper mode fo sho.

[jEzTeR]

Hehe. Use black primer on the hood.

[nab911]

Well we sprayed the shift logo on mien but it got f3cked so if laquer thinner doesnt get the spray paint off, im going to spray the whole thing black.