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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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i know theres tons of thread on painting it black but i was wonderin has anyone ever painted their intercooler gold? lol i was thinking about it as a joke with my friends so it can look like mike jOnes! but would that gold paint damage my intercooler? alot of light coats will work correct? help me out...im getting bored of my car...
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 10:40 PM
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Now that would just be pure ricer there.
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 10:51 PM
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gay
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 11:30 PM
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:23 AM
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It's the exact same concept as the black but I doubt you could get radiator paint in gold. I know a few people that have just used regular spray paint. No IAT logs or anything like that though.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 05:03 AM
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I seriously doubt that temps would be that significant since there is roughly 1-5 mils of paint thickness. That means thousanths of an inch BTW. I'm actually about to powdercoat my FMIC here at work. Black though. Not gold.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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i was gonna go with black but i have a jdm front...people are gonna look regardless..i just wanted to do something different and funny at the same time since i cant hide it...
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 05:03 PM
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do it whatever color, i would just leave it alone or black.

take some green auto masking tape, tape up the fins and paint it.

i believe u can paint the bars but not the fins. don't want to mess with air flow
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 08:26 PM
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there is a guy around here w/ a yellow del sol w/ a neon green fmic
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 08:53 AM
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damn i would like to see it... i think im just gonan paint it gold...i think it will be funny...what ill do is tape up half of it leave one since polished and the other side gold...if i dont like the gold ill flip it...
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 10:37 AM
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anodize it.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 01:34 PM
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if you have gold wheels it just might look badass
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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do one side and if u dont like it..turn it around hehe
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 07:37 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by krazyhmongboi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do one side and if u dont like it..turn it around hehe</TD></TR></TABLE>

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or you can just order a backyard fmic from Full-Race that is already black
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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I did have mine powder coated at work on friday. Here it is before.



Here is the close up of the fins. As you can see the powder only goes in a fraction leaving the exposed fins to cool as before. The coating thickness is 0.003-0.004".


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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 07:49 AM
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paint the bitch gold
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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paint that **** blue and purple and yellow and green and teal and magenta!!!!!!!YES
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hialeahzbg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn i would like to see it... </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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heres a little PS they did for me....
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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is there any way of taking teh paint off just in case?
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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gold FMIC
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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i was going to paint mine gold, but there's no paint that is as good as say as a gold dipped type, or no paint that has the gloss of gold
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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i found a can of gold paint but its used to plastic and i dont know how good it will hold on something metal...
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:04 PM
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does it shine like the photoshopped picture?
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:41 PM
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FYI, Just saw new colors for I/C that will be coming out soon. Anodized any color you want. Forgot which Mag I saw it on but the entire I/C core was anidized.

That **** looks pretty damn hot. Very soon someone will be PIMPING a Pink one(which is available) I got my money on it.
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