spray painting intercoolers

[bigmat]

i wish to spray my intercooler black for no bling look. will it affect the performance of the cooler to much not to do it. what paint would people use? cheers.

[JustCallMeOrlando]

It's not going to make a noticeable improvement or detriment to the performance of the intercooler. Your best bet would be to use the same stuff a radiator shop would paint a radiator.

[twentyEight]

I don't believe it has much (if any) impact on performance...

Ask ra28sr20, he has just painted his intercooler black... Also sleepin22 did this a while ago also...

I too shall be doing this when I install mine...

[timbosaurus]

fuck you all...i'm gunna go bling, just to be different

[celicapain]

or you could go the stealth bling black anodised look

[celicapain]

im just leaving it shiny. if im spending all this time and effort getting it engineered i cant be arsed hiding nothin....

[JustenGT8]

Just look at truck ICs, nearly all are black. I would try for what the rad shops use but failing that some spray can matt black anything would do. Just do the front and any impact is halved

90% of the work is done as a heat sink anyways so unless you are at the track and close to steady state heat exchange, will make bugger all difference.

[MWP]

Youll find black surfaces actually dissipate heat better than any other color.
But... paint is thick (insulates), so its best to anodise black.

[bigmat]

anodise black. where, who and how and how much?

[bigmat]

sorry wrong topic but today i found a company in adelaide that takes scratches out of side windows (the ones that you cant buy anymore) aprox$80 a window. thats good to know i think.

[haison]

lol, i remember asking the exact same question about a year ago. The result of the big (and technical) discussion was that it made sweet poofteenth of a difference.

[The Real Roadrunner]

anodise black. where, who and how and how much?

anodise this... they're in sa. google and you shall find

[bigmat]

thanks rd rr

[bigmat]

shit ive been up graded to a grease monkey!

[LeeRoy]

If you want to paint it might help to roughen up the smooth parts of the cooler with some steel wool to help the paint stick. From what ive seen it doesnt take much to get paint of a cooler.