I know there was a discusion on here a few weeks back about being able to paint your intercooler (black) without decreasing performance. I can't find it.

So...whats the deal? Do you have to use a very light coat and special paint? Or can you ONLY anodize it? etc...

Thanks

 

I dont understand the means of wanting to paint your fmic??? Are you going for a sleeper appraoch?

 

search using "painting" or "black" use recent/archived topics those should give you the answers your looking for.

 

reason = its very visable in my bumber = CHP already stoped me once and made me take turbo off = dont wanna do it again, nope nope nope

 

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WTF?! Why/how would/could they do this?!

 

Damn im glad i don't live in Cali

 

I did a search a while back on this through the old h-t threads. After reading most of them i pretty much got the consensis that aslong as your not pouring paint into the fins or the entanks your good to go. A few very light coats wouldnt hurt anything. I was plannin on painting mine when i got it to.

 

Search for "intercooler painting" in forced induction archived posts. plenty will come up..

 

dude paint it pink it would look SO SWEEWTT!

 

I believe an FMIC painted black looks really good.

Like mentionned above, aslong as you don't actually pour paint into the finds, you should be more than fine. Little light coats will suffice.

Andre

 

i used flat black paint on my ic to match my car. alot of people ask why i dont have an intercooler on my car. then i point it out to them and they are like "DOH*. just dont fill up the fins with paint and youshould be fine. or if you are blingin and want to disipate some more heat you might want to look into the swanetech thermo coats.

 

"WTF?! Why/how would/could they do this?!"

Answer: California

Everyday I curse this state and its greedy politicians who want to make money on EVERYTHING including car enthusiasts..........

 

spray it at an angle so it isn't going onto the inner parts of the fins themselves


mike

 

grillcraft and no worries

 

It doesn't matter what color it is you will never notice the difference

 

Mist it you will be okay...

 

what about anodizing?

 

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I can only go by commmon sense, I don't have any hard scientific evidence to back this up. But think about it, paint is putting an extra level of stuff inbetween the air and the aluminum, remember aluminum is used for it's ability to transfer heat...

Annodizing is more expensive, but IMHO worth it.

I've heard of ppl stretching a black pantyhose over the IC, and then put a grill insert, see what happens...

-PHiZ

 

How much is anodizing? Is an intercooler something too big to DIY?

 

Dude cali sux...and the funny thing is thats were the majority of car enthusiasts thrive Good luck man

 

"Dude cali sux...and the funny thing is thats were the majority of car enthusiasts thrive Good luck man"
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Its rediculous! Your right. It really bothers me that Im always on edge when i see a cop. I'm always worrying. It kills me. I wanna move out but im in college. I love cars too much to let them kill my passion and drive around in a stock car.

 

You can make your own grill craft look for about 2.50$... You can paint it whatever color floats your boat and there is NO loss to performance whatsoever.. Plus-- it looks better than most painted ICs..

Be smart-- if you move out of Cali someday or try to sell the IC- the paint will kill you..

 

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hey.... at least u guys could be getting ARNOLD!

he could get into terminator mode and blast those greedy polititions!!!! lol


hehe in AK we have virtually no laws... they are just now starting to put "loud" exauhst laws into effect....to bad we cant drive our cars fast 8 months out of the year due to ice and snow

 

well does anyone have any calculated decrease in performance?

So far I have like 40% saying dont do it and 60% saying yes do it. Whats the deal?