Ape Man

Id like to remove the black paint (was painted when I bought it) and restore it to the gray colour it was new. How would I do this without harming the intake or anything else in engine bay?

Thanks

Beard

The best way and only way, IMHO, is to disassemble it completely and have it bead/media (not sand) blasted to a nice lustrous aluminum finish.

mesa red

I just got through doing this job on my fast 90, mine was clear coated and painted,the clear was hard to remove if its just painted you can soak it in super clean degreaser over night and the paint will come off with some scrubbing with a toothbrush or brass brush, this is a common thing plastic modelers use to remove paint from there models.I didn't believe this would work either and I tried various other things first including soda blasting. This is a inexpensive way so keep this in mine if you decide to go another way.

Mesa Red

thunderstruck507

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awww....why remove it?

the gray color looks like poop in person, like it wants to look like aluminum...but instead looks like primer

ported and painted mine before I even thought of installing it

Gordon0652

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That Gray adds like 5hp. Some how...

transampetews6

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you don't really believe that, do you?

Gordon0652

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Yeah i do man! I throw Nitrous Oxide sticker all over my car, i swear it picks up like 200 more horsepower.

jimmyblue

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I would just try and paint it something more metallic
looking (like that Mercedes-Benz silver). It's a composite
(plastic+) so I wouldn't go chemically aggressive on it.

Too bad there isn't a "poorly maintained bare aluminum"
color code... I have that going on, for free, with the
Typhoon.

evadthemachinist

autozone stickers give you the most horsepower lol

ta_engage

I used to load my car with stickers for the hp increase... but the weight loss I got by removing them improved my quarter time by half a second.

Mr.Nguyen

Just say "Shake n Bake" before you put it into gear. It's all on the driver.