Show off your painted FAST intakes!
04-04-2010, 08:04 PM
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Hey man, paint it yourself! It's ridiculously easy as long as you know what you're doing.
I painted my LS6 Intake Duplicolor Cast-Iron (gunmetal'ish)
I didn't sand an inch.
Wipe off intake with isopropyl alcohol
3 Coats of Duplicolor adhesion promoter
3 Coats of Duplicolor base (color) coat
3 Coats of Duplicolor Engine Enamel 500 Degree clear coat
If you can find a base color you want in Duplicolor Engine Enamel (500 degree) it'd be the safer route.. But the intake is a dry intake, so any paint should hold up. If you want pewter-metallic, I could guarantee that Duplicolor has one at your local parts store. If anything, unscrew your gas cap or something and see which one matches the paint can the most.
Hope this helps a bit, PM me if you need anything
I painted my LS6 Intake Duplicolor Cast-Iron (gunmetal'ish)
I didn't sand an inch.
Wipe off intake with isopropyl alcohol
3 Coats of Duplicolor adhesion promoter
3 Coats of Duplicolor base (color) coat
3 Coats of Duplicolor Engine Enamel 500 Degree clear coat
If you can find a base color you want in Duplicolor Engine Enamel (500 degree) it'd be the safer route.. But the intake is a dry intake, so any paint should hold up. If you want pewter-metallic, I could guarantee that Duplicolor has one at your local parts store. If anything, unscrew your gas cap or something and see which one matches the paint can the most.
Hope this helps a bit, PM me if you need anything
04-04-2010, 09:32 PM
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awesome intakes guys!! im gonna take my ls6 one off and paint it, im thinking about a black base coat with a red pearl mixed into a clear top coat, anybody have any tips for mixing the pearl in the clear..i dont think any of the sponsers sell pearl so i was looking at paintwithpearl.com seems to be pretty cheap im just wondering on how red it will actually look, maybe a red base and silver pearl, idk but i do want a good amount of red..
04-04-2010, 10:18 PM
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This is my work of art ls6 intake, this isn't do it your self but dragonz28 (Emblempros) can hook you up like they did mine, it IS a paint process per say...
I have not installed it yet cause I had to cut my block for the ls6 valley cover upgrade, but by the end of the week I hope to have it running.
04-05-2010, 07:12 PM
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no i was gunna, but i jus got some zO6 rims so imma paint the corvette part and lines/stripes green... i was going to het some plain white FRC's then get a stencil sticker of the bird on one side, and on the other a stencil sticker of firehawk and paint both lime green
05-10-2010, 09:23 AM
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Smoothing takes some time. For the FAST, I usually start with a 80 grit to remove rough texture, then follow behind with 180 to remove the fuzz from the 80. Follow that with a plastic primer, let dry overnight and then hit it with 320 before spraying.
04-18-2011, 06:44 PM
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would i be safe with sand blasting my intake? i plan on taking it off along with my covers to do them over.
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04-18-2011, 08:55 PM
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