I am thinking of painting the intercooler to give it a bit more protection from the elements.

Its also gone a bit of a off silver colour now.

What paint can I use?

Will it have a detrimental effect on the performance of the intercooler?

It is pretty big lol.

 

2k Acid Etch Primer

2K Black with a matting agent IMO

 

damo aint it a proper paint though ???

just wondering as i want my pace banana resprayed as its al scratched up

 

Nobody seems to know what this "proper" paint is though... the question over where to get it has been done to death... I believe Graham at GRS can paint them, though dunno what paint he uses

 

aerosol paint is a good idea, cause its piss thin anyway which is what you want really.

black is good for radiating heat.

 

Aerosol wil flake IMO, 2K can be piss thin too

 

keep it shiney it is then

 

yeah, but most heat transfer from a radiator or intercooler to moving air is done by conduction in which case any extra layers are bad.

paint is only added by OE suppliers to enhance durability and because research tells them that most customers of mainstream cars don't want to see silver heat exchangers through their front grill.

 

Something like -909 or 597 you'll need. Awesome on metals, actually eats into them

Matting agent can be added to a specific colour just to kill the gloss.

 

Thanks mate.

I want it nice and shiney though lol, Chrome intercooler

 

Sack the matting agent then

 

Better Matt, will exchange the heat better IMO