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i was at a local shop and i saw that one of the mechanic's had powdercoated his whole motor gunmetal. he just taped off all the open ends and did it. it looks awsome so later that day i was wondering. can u do that to an intercooler ?? any thoughts on how it would look

 
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The idea of paint on intercoolers is that you are hindering it's cooloing capabilities.

If you anodize it it will look sick and you'll still have a nice efficiency. One member found this stuff where the intercooler looks somewhat like gunmetal, but it kept all it's efficiency.

 
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WHy wouldn't you want a nice sexy polished Piece right up front for everyone to see and jizz there pants just at the site of it? lol

 
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yeah i'd like the polish myself... maybe cuz my car is black, but yeah, i like polished

 
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huh? ... doesn't SF powercoat all their pipes?

 
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If you want to anodize the aluminum, here is a DIY:

http://www.warpig.com/paintball/technical/anodize.shtml

 
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yea i meant to anodize it ... a buddy said that if i powdercoat or paint it the air wont flow efficient. it was just a thought my car is basically a gunmetal theme. so a gunmetal intercooler with some piping i thought would be cool. just my 2 cents thou

 
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yea me and another member were looking for that sleeper looks and we were gonna paint them black.. To flow in with the grill. But it harms the effiency of the IC unless its anodized

 
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if you anodize black yourself you can pull it put when it starts to turn gray

 
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we're thinkin the same thing ..... anybody got pics of this so i can see what it'll look like

 
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cool thread

 
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WTF does that have to do with anything

 
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any idea on how much it'll cost to anodize an intercooler and piping ??