I just bought a generic short ram intake and I want to spray it gunmetal. It is currently in bling form.

I sprayed some gunmetal paint that they make for wheels but it's not sticking on there at all.

What kind of prep should I do? What high temp spray paint should I use? Thanks.

 

thats cuz its polished... u gotta sand the hell out of it until its relatively rough.

 

doh waste of spray paint

 

haha

 

Yeah, you gotta "rough it up" a bit, so the paint will have something to stick to. The blingness is a repellant

 

my aem short ram is also in bling form...thanks for the post! i am looking for a something that mimics the cold air 'grey' color...anyone?

 

I am using a gunmetal color. Will post pics of my progress

 

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post them up use 400 grit sand paper to sand it down, then use higher grit to smooth out the pipe. Then use a good high heat primer(for plastics) and give it a few good coats then paint it.

 

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looking forward to seeing it man

 

I got 2 coats of automotive primer on there right now. Also have 1.5 coats of the gunmetal spray paint. Waiting for it to dry so I can finish it off

Took some pics already but will post it up after I am done.

 

This is what I used


Scratch the bling away!

 

looking good so far...can't wait to see the finished, installed product. is it close to the aem gray?

 

It looks more like the V2 gray. It's darker in color than the AEM gray.

 

Media blast that **** and you could get teflon to stick to it . A good sand/media blaster costs about $150 at Sears...