Painting the turbo intake housing

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Sep 26, 2006 | 10:19 AM

4thgenx42

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Painting the turbo intake housing

Has anyone on here ever painted their turbo intake housing? If so please post some pics, I want to see how good it looks.

Sep 26, 2006 | 10:38 AM

turbotime

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you probalby need it powdercoated or hightemp coated to resist the heat it sees.

Paint, even high temp, will just flake off.

Sep 26, 2006 | 11:04 AM

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Re: Painting the turbo intake housing (4thgenx42)

i believe this is the stuff i used....
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump...ODUCT
i used it on my downpipe and just did the compressor housing while i was at it...

Sep 26, 2006 | 11:06 AM

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ive painted mine before... it never flaked off of anything, looked good. but onces i reinstalled it and uninstalled it and reinstalled it lol it got kinda chiped up

i used hightemp engine paint(black)

-joseph

Sep 26, 2006 | 11:24 AM

4thgenx42

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Yeah sorry im meant powdercoating. Im getting mine done, I just want to see how some may look or the colors you guys have chosen for your turbos...

Sep 26, 2006 | 03:16 PM

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It's hard to tell, but the color is actually purple, not blue.

Sep 26, 2006 | 03:42 PM

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Re: Painting the turbo intake housing (fastcrxsi90)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fastcrxsi90 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i believe this is the stuff i used....
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump...ODUCT
i used it on my downpipe and just did the compressor housing while i was at it...</TD></TR></TABLE>

that place is the ****........