this was done at HPC in chandler, AZ....it only took about a week and was under 200bux....they have great customer service....and the work you can see for urself is great.....enjoy the pix

BEFORE


AFTER




HPC COATINGS

 

throw up ur pix of your coatins

 

Holy ****!

 

under $200 for the DP, mani and ex. housing...or just the DP?

 

wow thats sick

 

All of my work was done locally by a friend of mine... He thermal coated the manifold, dump tube, and turbine housing, as well as fabricated and coated my downpipe, and intercooler piping (IC piping was done in a thermal black wrinkle coating)... Only thing not shown in this pic is my downpipe...

 

The turbo was coated by TheShodan

 

Ive never seen anyone coat a compressor cover... Looks good

 

Here are pics of my coated turbo. its was done by the shodan. thanks mac

 

That is some sexy coatings

Clinton

 

i'll take some pics of mine tomorrow

 

now since my car is fucked up, maybe its time to get my **** coated

 

here was my manifold after being coated

but these ceramics are armor coat... and they usually have a melting point of about 1350 deg
the black coatings have a temp of 1900 deg for melting...
after a few mths they are going to look like these

 

thanks for those pics...
i really like the shiny aluminum look, but it looks like it won't hold up...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by igo4bmx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks for those pics...
i really like the shiny aluminum look, but it looks like it won't hold up...
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No. The ceramic silver holds up fine. The one thing about that particular process of the silver ceramic is that they all look shiny due to a polishing process. It's a matter of chemistry. NO POLISH will hold up to temperatures over 1600 degrees. Anyone that claims that is either not familiar with the process or outright lying. It doesn't mean that it won't "hold up". It simply means that the polish is only on the surface, but the manifold holds up just great. That is something to be expected.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TheShodan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No. The ceramic silver holds up fine. The one thing about that particular process of the silver ceramic is that they all look shiny due to a polishing process. It's a matter of chemistry. NO POLISH will hold up to temperatures over 1600 degrees. Anyone that claims that is either not familiar with the process or outright lying. It doesn't mean that it won't "hold up". It simply means that the polish is only on the surface, but the manifold holds up just great. That is something to be expected.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you see the pic above, his ceramic silver clearly shows chipping...

so it looks as if the polished ceramic stuff won't hold up

 

no, whoever coated his manifold did not prep it properly.. pre coating prep and cleaning is vital to a ceramic coatings longevity, slack on the prep work and the coating is gonna chip and flake. im taking pics of my stuff right now

 

ok heres my stuff. also coated and built by TheShodan
sorry for the pic size

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by igo4bmx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

if you see the pic above, his ceramic silver clearly shows chipping...

so it looks as if the polished ceramic stuff won't hold up</TD></TR></TABLE>

In that particular case igo4bmx, you're right. that was not prepped properly.

 

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In that particular case igo4bmx, you're right. that was not prepped properly.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wantboost &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no, whoever coated his manifold did not prep it properly.. pre coating prep and cleaning is vital to a ceramic coatings longevity, slack on the prep work and the coating is gonna chip and flake. im taking pics of my stuff right now</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

my fav.. SWAINTECH

 

I used the silver ceramic coating on my stuff (similar to jet-hot, but with a 2000 degree rating), and over a year later it still has a shine to it...

This picture was taken a few months ago when my last motor blew, and you can still see the shine on the manifold... At this point the car had been DAILY DRIVEN for about a year...



I have also found that using Wenol polish about once a month, will help keep it looking good...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoostedCivicSedan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I used the silver ceramic coating on my stuff (similar to jet-hot, but with a 2000 degree rating), and over a year later it still has a shine to it...

This picture was taken a few months ago when my last motor blew, and you can still see the shine on the manifold... At this point the car had been DAILY DRIVEN for about a year...



I have also found that using Wenol polish about once a month, will help keep it looking good... </TD></TR></TABLE>

is that real ceramic coating, or spray paint stuff.
cuz they don't make a silver 2000 degree coating

 

ok ok...nice keep the pix comin......PREP WORK IS A MUST......very nice pix btw

 

D-Tuned, that comp housing is soooooo seksy!! Why not do it on the turbine housing as well?? If I can, that is what I will do. V-nice.

&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;- always been partial to black