painting the intake manifold

[MailManMike]

does anyone know what kind of paint i should use to paint my manifold . im painting it a high gloss black with some hi-temp engine paint and it seems to look a little bit thin and clear . any suggestions?? thanks-

 

[sdpatt]

Powder coat.

 

[yamahaSHO]

sdpatt:
Powder coat.

Some people just don't want to spend the money for powder coating... yes, it does look better.. but a good paint job can look good as well.

 

[sideSHO]

If you use paint DO NOT use the Autozone so called hi-temp paint.I used it on mine.It looks worse now then it EVER did.The clear turned yellow and now the paint is kind of rubbing off.Like Scott said, powder coat.

 

[DHMag]

ive used the Plasti-Kote brand Engine Enamel. 3 light coats of paint, one light coat of clear and it held up to weather and washing for a year. powdercoating is the way to go, as long as you dont change your mind every year, like i do.

 

[yamahaSHO]

Here is what you should use. http://www.g2usa.com/engine.shtml

 

[JoeHoe_SHO]

How much does a powder coat job cost?

 

[Blue-By-U]

Hypercoat

 

[yamahaSHO]

The Hypercoat site has not been working for me in a long time... Does it work for anyone else?

 

[ShoGuy93]

That or look for a local place that does powder coating for you. I found a good place near me called hoosier powder coating they did my rims and stb's and soon my intake... Look around man!!

 

[SHO_Driver]

Anyone know if anodizing will last on an intake?

 

[SHOnuff93]

anodizing is oxidizing the aluminum and adding color, it will last a very long time. But if you thought powdercoating was expensive, just look at the prices for anodizing

 

[venomizd93]

hypercoat.....I think I saw $250 for just the upper intake......add the valve covers and it's a lot more.....but it looks awesome. They have a lot of pics on their site. I looked the other day and the site worked for me.

 

[Tmade]

I say, find a local guy to do it....had some issues with the company stated above. headbang
My suggestion...stay local...there's a lot of people out there who can do it...and yes it looks great too!!
PM me if you have questions.

 

[AutoSHO]

Tmade:
had some issues with the company stated above. headbang

That would be the only bad I've ever heard about Hypercoat...

 

[SHODano]

Powder coating in my opinion looks the best, New England Custom Coaters is where I brought mine he did a mint job for about $280 I think for the whole intake manifold in red + gold and the cam covers. thumb

 

[Off Road SHO]

AZ POwder Coat did my original intake in Blood Red for about 120.00 I think. The valve covers another 60.00.

Polishing of the intake, throttle body, MAF and valve covers will cost you about 600.00 in AZ.

Tom

 

[Nook]

I do powedercoating for $9 per item. Take it down, clean it off, send it in, I can do it.

here is some I did for my little rabbit.

N

 

[IT-Purrrs]

http://www.shoforum.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=003652

Check that topic, you will see a very good powerdercoated intake like mine and a very good painted intake

 

[SHO2NV]

sdpatt:
Powder coat.

Couldn't have said it better.