Hey,
Is it possible to paint the intercooler itself. Check the pic below, i want to paint it black to be a little more subtle and hard to notice. I've posted in the appearance section as well.
http://www.sportcompacttuning.com/lip2.jpg
(thanks boostedcivicsir for the pic)

 

I sprayed mine with high temp engine paint, flat black, works fine.

 

Have a pic?

 

I sprayed it very lightly with flat black spray paint (1 thin coat) when it is behind the stock bumper, you can't even tell it is there.

 

 

Wo! Those are both awesome!

 

I was going to paint mine with radiator spray paint, I have heard of people doing it but I have heard good and bad things about it.

 

mine too

 

art in motion says it restricts airflow. confirm or deny?

what are the other downfalls?

 

Yes this car is tuboed and yes there is an intercooler in there. No diff in performance and temp on the ems is the same for the air temp's. just don't paint all the way through.


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OMG!!!! That's Insane!!!

So did you just spray one layer?

 

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BS.

There are no downfalls.

 

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one layer and a little clear to blend in with the paint. It's not just the front of the intercooler that cools but the whole thing through. no detination no lag no prob's nothing. i know that many people say it is a downfall but have yet to see it and I live in hot *** florida.

 

I here that painting your intercooler holds heat and thats not good but i want to do some more research on it before i do it

 

I havent havet had any problems with mine, painting is fine.

 

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this is Bullshit. my intake air temps remained the same both before and after painting my intercooler. not even a slight difference.. Paint it!

 

While you guys are at it, why not *improve" the efficiency by coating it with a heat-dissipating coating?

My intercooler is coated with the stuff used for A/C condensors, OEM factory radiators, etc... The coating is meant to increase it's heat-dissipating properties. At least this way, there will be no skeptism whether paint will hold heat or not.

One of the local coater's website regarding coating:
http://members.rogers.com/gpengineering//heat.htm
Many coaters out there have this stuff available or have access to it.

 

All those looks good. You can also anodize it then you dont have to use paint.

liam

 

Dam all the cars are sick with the painted intercoolers.

 

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B18OnTop tried to anodize his and it only stuck to the fins, so we taped the fins off and painted to rest black with high temp engine paint and now it looks superb.

 

damn those do look sick, specially the green teg with the WW front lip. I left mine polished (cus my bro thinks it looks mean) but I still don't like the fact that people know what i've got...looks like I'll be takin the front bumper off soon again

 

damn that looks good the green car. I think i want to anodize mine or do that coating stuff

 

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i would have left mine unpainted but i really did it so that people dont know im turboed by just looking at the car. When people look at my car they usually glance at it and think nothing because they cant see the intercooler..this works well with theives.. because the less they see, the better.

 

So sleeper looking. I wanted to do the same, but i have also heard (not proven) that it causes an increase in heat. Does anyone have proof that it does or does not affect it? I read in one of the tuner magazines that it doesn't.

 

to rattle can it, it costs like 2 bucks, to anodize, costs much more.... for no extra gains