Painting Intercooler?
 

As the topic title says, I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to paint my intercooler?

Thanks!

Re: Painting Intercooler? (89SiR)
 

alot of people do it. It shouldn't hurt anything. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/embeer.gif

Re: Painting Intercooler? (89SiR)
 

Just like Emeril...

BAM!!!!
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=238310
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=251857
Good Luck

James

Re: Painting Intercooler? (BVM)
 

Would painting or poweder coating it black effect heat disapation(sp?)???

Re: Painting Intercooler? (InfamousRS)
 

Not if you paint it a certain way. According to the info i found when i searched you only want the paint on the very front edge of the fins. The heat exchange occurs more towards the middle and rear of the core as air passes through it, so a thin layer of radiator coating should not affect heat dissapation. If however you completely clog the fins you'll probably be buggered.

EDIT: I'm assuming this task is being considered to cover up the "Steal Me" effect provided by a FMIC. I can't imagine why you would want to paint the ENTIRE IC.
James


[Modified by bluboy, 1:39 PM 12/15/2002]

Re: Painting Intercooler? (bluboy)
 

Yes, that is the only reason I would do it...Im moving to another part of the state next week that has a very high car theft rate (234 hondas were stolen in august and september alone), and my car will be sitting in a fairly empty parking lot all night long 5 days a week while I work so I want to draw as little attention as I can to my car...Besides the Rotas and the slight drop my car looks stock unless you really start looking...

I will probably just stretch some dark panty hose over the intercooler to hid it (someone on this board did that and it hid the intercooler very well).

Re: Painting Intercooler? (InfamousRS)
 

Haha..thats kinda funny. I wonder how it looks, does anyone have pictures?

Re: Painting Intercooler? (B18EG6)
 

IF I remeber right the panty hose was on On Point EK's green hatch...I could be wrong though...it was a while back.

Re: Painting Intercooler? (InfamousRS)
 

Dont paint it, because paint is just paint ..color
Theres no element.

I'm still trying to find the post. There was an element coating out there (forgot the name of the company that makes it), that helps the part coated with it
disperse heat faster. If I can remember, the stuff was used on radiators. Baked on powder coat. It came out black and looked anodizedhttps://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmileo.gif. I might've been to an SE-R site when I saw it ..Im not for sure.

Re: Painting Intercooler? (Quick 200k Mile Motor)
 

If you could find this i would really appreciate it, as i am planning to paint mine, too, to take away the 'look at me, intercooler' effect.

Re: Painting Intercooler? (994door)
 

yea dude, painting the IC is bomb ehhehe
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291042789

Re: Painting Intercooler? (Quick 200k Mile Motor)
 

Hmmmm...I was thinking about this at work today...what if you sent your intercooler to get anodized black? Is there any companies out there that do anodizing? Does anyone see any draw backs to this? It wouldn't add any material to the exterior of the intercooler so I don't see how it could effect the head disapation of the intercooler... anyone have any thougts to this?

Re: Painting Intercooler? (InfamousRS)
 

Anodized is not that durable.
Chipped black intercoolerhttps://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emthdown.gif
Most likely any front mount IC on a street car will get hit by stuff.
Baked on powder coated would be best, but there's only one powder coat I've seen that actually helped disperse heat, and it had a black anodized look to it.


[Modified by Quick 200k Mile Motor, 9:06 PM 12/19/2002]

Re: Painting Intercooler? (Quick 200k Mile Motor)
 

no problem with it....i think you guys are taking about swain tech coating
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/fd461f65.jpg

Re: Painting Intercooler? (89SiR)
 

damn n00b repost! https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emthdown.gif

Re: Painting Intercooler? (Cramerox)
 

Ive seen the swain tech black coating before when light hits it. It looks nothing like that. Looking at the upper right on the end tank, and the extruded bars on the core...
That IC is most likely spray painted.

Re: Painting Intercooler? (MiraiZ)
 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=251857

another thread about same issue
heres another link for you: https://honda-tech.com/zerosearch


chris https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...es/emsmile.gif

Re: Painting Intercooler? (The Mole)
 

will panty hose obstruct airflow? because i'd rather slip a pair of panty hose over the intercooler and be able to take if off. where as painting it, i would have to strip off the paint (pain in the ass) if i change my mind.

Re: Painting Intercooler? (lilxvtecxpwr)
 

What about switching to a water cooler instead of an air? Aren't those just as effective?

Re: Painting Intercooler? (asdewq)
 

yeah it on point ek that wrapped the panty hose around the intercooler, couldn't see it at all, and no it didn't restrict air flow at all.

Re: Painting Intercooler? (dc r-spec)
 

anyone have pics with the pantyhose?

Re: Painting Intercooler? (Slick_GS-R)
 

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/fd3e6e6f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7/fd3e6e6d.jpg

Re: Painting Intercooler? (ON POINT. EK FOR SALE)
 

wow....that looks slick......... https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif

Re: Painting Intercooler? (Slick_GS-R)
 

everything I do looks slick https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif

Re: Painting Intercooler? (ON POINT. EK FOR SALE)
 

whats up with that black fender then?!?!?!?!??!? https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif

j/k