Charlie Moua

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So I'm detailing my bay and wanted to know what options I had for coloring my brake booster.

Ideally i would like it to get powder coated but i'm not sure if that's safe or not since I don't know what the internals of the booster is and if it would be okay in an oven.


if i can't do that I could just have paint shop paint it black with clear coat.

JDMJoey

good question.....sorry i cant help

Hawkze_2.3

Just paint it...I can't imagine why you would need powder coating for that.

Chef Andre

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Not sure if it's true but I read somewhere that the heat from powdercoating the booster could mess up the diaphram inside. Didn't make any sense to me cause the engine compartment gets hot anyway.

I just painted mine and it came out perfect.

Charlie Moua

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well the engine bay get's hot but only to maybe 100-150f.... when you powdercoat.... it's in an oven much hotter that than.


i'll look into painting it.
I just wanted to see if anyone else has been able to poweder coat the BB with out issues to the internal diaphram

Charlie

sc34dc4

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Powder coated parts go into an oven at 400 degrees for around a half hour. Just had my valve cover done and was curious about the process so I asked a few questions. Just base/clear it. It's metal just like the fenders. No problems if it's prepped well.

jasoncrashtech

i painted my valve cover with ppg and i have no problems, even driving around all summer on 8lbs. of boost. the paint has not failed. (sig)

i think painting your brake booster wouldn't be a problem with good prep and paint.

Linh.

The diaphram is rubber so no but they do have low heat powder coating available I believe.