I want to paint my pro-alloy cooler black as i want to try and keep it in tip top condition and also everyting else is going black so why not ??

I know ford painted standard ones black so do people think this will be ok ??

Was just going to paint it satin black, let me know what you think if pos !!

Cheers

 

Get it powder coated mate, will stand up to the heat better than if you just get it painted

 

I would think powder coating would adversly effect the cooling properties of the intercooler though Stu

 

Thats what i was thinking

 

Yeah powder caoting will be a bit too think for what i want....

Ill take it to terry @ racepaint uk im sure he will sort me out with somthing

 

piss can it beach

 

really hope this was a joke

 

lol knowing stu i dont think it was

 

Black IS the new bling!!





a light coat of cellulose satin black would be ok for performance...

 

is that a posh word for a piss can wayne

 

Hell yeah Wayne just wait untill u see all my tanks when my mates has painted them, should look spot on !!

 

Mine's black, and no performance issues

 

Must be better if thety come black as standard as id imagine they tested it

 

pmsl at powdercoat

its not a rockercover

 

I don't geddit, whys powder coating so different to painting? (Apart from the obvious reasons)

 

Its ALOT thicker!!


Its a dry powder that has an + electric current going through it and the item thats being coated has a -


The finish tends to be quite thick....


More durable , Hence why underside parts and shocks normally get Powder coated...


And you cant thin the powder down unlike paint....

 

When PE used to sell Pace coolers back in the mid 90's they bought em in and painted them matt black with some special paint. Very thin coating. Black is a better emitter of heat but some argue that the thickness of the paint is traded off with the better cooling properties of the black colour. You pays your money and takes your chance.

 

Powdercoating isn't as thick as you might think, it's actually thin, but it's still not a good idea to do a rad with it lol.

 

it is thick and its an intercooler

 

Its is Thick...


I've blasted many things with DMS ( Dry Media Stripping ) that have been Powder Coated and even that struggles to get it off!

 

powder coating is plastic

plastic is a good insulator


now lets think about it again

 

make sure the ally is spotlesly clean .. or the paint will eventually crack .. might find its worth using a very fine coat of primer first ..

my grs intercooler was black (4 years ago) worked exactly the same with no issues at all..

 

personally I would give it a good key up, then light 2k etch prime, then light coating of 2k black with a matting agent added

 

Cheers all