JACKBLACK

I want to get my Intake powder coated, and the guy that does it told
me the intake has to be polished for it to be smooth. I've read on other
forums of people who have gotten their Intake powder coated and all they
did was sand blast them, then coat, and they claim it came out perfect.
Is this guy trying to make a killing off me?? Or do they really polish them
before coating?? I want a black Intake. I know I can rattle can it, but want
powder coating instead.

Do I look for someone else to do it?? or is it true about polishing??

THANKS ALL-

z28boysteve

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you can powder coat a rock if you wanted... it will just look like a rock still, if you polish it, it will have that flat mirror finish, if not, you can still powder coat it, but it will be rough looking like the finish on the metal, basically like if you paint it, but lots thicker is all.

garth285

if you dont sandblast and there has been paint or crap on there thats been there for a while, it kinda messes up the bakin process...I've done powdercoating for a while.....I have also not blasted parts and they have came out ok.....but they dont need to be polished but I would sand.

raymond mckinney

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I would polish first but u can sandblast then paint, that's what i did first. Its all in if you're going to show you're buddy's or a crowd aka car show!

transamtom

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Just make sure its clean,use a degreaser then wash it in water.

00turboT/A

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You can also put more than one coat of powder coat on and it will hide aot of the ruffness in the metal. I do powder coating at my shop and thats what I do when I do brake calibers. Hope this helps thanks Matt

monster7

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mine was just sandblasted and coated and it came out nice

buffman

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I'll get you guys a pic of the ones Bob Noble does.

BTW guys you want to remember to take those plugs outta the bottom of the intake and clean any sand or crap your coater got in there.

JACKBLACK

PLEASE DO , and do you know how I can locate him?? or his company??

I did not let the guy do it after all. I'm gonna shop around

buffman

iTrader: (9)

Bob Is well known on the Impala SS forum (sorry it's down right now) He's located in IL.

He's the guy who does the powdercoating on those stock rebored TBs you'll find Matt Blum Selling on Ebay


This is not one of Bob's intakes, but as you can see the coater was lazy. If you look you can see the guy coated the ports for the TB along with the whole mounting surface for the TB. IMO that's a bad idea because of all the extra sand and stuff that can get trapped inside the intake.


I'm still looking for a pic of Bob's intakes he does.