Painted My Intake Manifold
That looks very nice! Did you just put body filler in there? How well does it seem to be holding up?
Like I said in my earlier post, if you are going to the extreme to paint your intake, sand those casting marks down and fill if needed and the final product is more than worth the time. Mine has been on the car for three years with intense heat from Road Racing and looks as good today as it did three years ago. Here is what mine looked like after I picked it up from the body shop with the prep needed to get it right.
I sanded that pebble finish out, sprayed 4 coats of adhesion promoter, then sprayed it w/ high filler primer, then base color,and finally clear coat it 3-4 times. I sprayed the casting marks with the high filler primer w/ multiple coats and tried to blend it in w/ 600-800 grit but still showed through. 
Looks like I didn't do enough.
Don't forget to use the adhesion paint promoter for plastics. Its a spray can also. Use it like its paint.
Looks like I didn't do enough.Don't forget to use the adhesion paint promoter for plastics. Its a spray can also. Use it like its paint.
Like I said in my earlier post, if you are going to the extreme to paint your intake, sand those casting marks down and fill if needed and the final product is more than worth the time. Mine has been on the car for three years with intense heat from Road Racing and looks as good today as it did three years ago. Here is what mine looked like after I picked it up from the body shop with the prep needed to get it right.
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those all look very nice....i just painted my fast.....the day after i noticed the thread about how to sand down the plastic for a mirror finish.....looks so much better.....
either way i'm not too comfortable about sanding a 1000.00 intake...hah
nice work guys
either way i'm not too comfortable about sanding a 1000.00 intake...hah
nice work guys
I have a Pewter Z like yours but my theme is black and pewter w/ a little bit of chrome. There isn't any pewter rattle can color out there and I didn't want to color the intake black because its already black. With that being said, I opted to do it w/ Dark Shadow Grey w/ clear coat after that and this what it looks like... btw, I painted the fuel rail gloss black.
