How to paint a stock looking FAST?
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From: Fort Myers Florida
How to paint a stock looking FAST? I want to keep the factory texture and satin black color of my intake, but I am not a painting expert by any means. I saw parbreaks sticky uptop, but I don't want to sand it all smooth like that. Could I use basically the same process minus the 400grit smoothing to begin with? Should I use a primer if I can to keep the texture?
For the record, I'm not trying to disguise my intake, I'm just not a big fan of blingy intakes, I like the subtle satin look..
For the record, I'm not trying to disguise my intake, I'm just not a big fan of blingy intakes, I like the subtle satin look..
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depending on how porous it is, you might be able to get away with,
red scuffing the whole thing good, applying plastic adhesion promoter, than paint and re install..
this way it retains its original texture without being sanded down alot and then filled with high build primer
red scuffing the whole thing good, applying plastic adhesion promoter, than paint and re install..
this way it retains its original texture without being sanded down alot and then filled with high build primer
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From: Fort Myers Florida
I would consider it if there was a good way to do it while keeping the texture, but if not it's not a big deal, the 102mm fast is pretty obvious especially with a TB that clearly says 102mm right on top lol.
I was thinking about the scuff/ adhesion promoter method but I'm not a payment so I don't knownif that would work...
I was thinking about the scuff/ adhesion promoter method but I'm not a payment so I don't knownif that would work...
I just cleaned mine with degreaser and painted it with satin black krylon...no primer, no sanding, no scuffing...
Some primer or Krylon fusion might make it better, but not necessary IMO.
Some primer or Krylon fusion might make it better, but not necessary IMO.
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Mine is brand new so its not dirty, but I could still degrease it, then adhesion promoter, then satin krylon fusion or something..
If you dont care about removing the logo, I'd spray it down with brake kleen, scuff it with a grey scotchbrite and rattle can it with satin or semi-flat black. Semi-flat gives a nice OEM sheen I think youll like.
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It was on there over 1.5 years first go around, sprayed it down with a pressure washer and touched it up again right before that pic. It can be scratched, but the good thing is it only takes a couple seconds to fix...just wipe it down and hit it with a small spray and it's back to good as new.
It only got a couple small little chips/scratches in that 1.5 years though. I just sprayed the engine down with cleaner and pressured water every few months and it would look new. Only reason I redid it before that pic was I wanted to do the letters in white (used to be silver) and figured I might as well touch up the whole thing.
It only got a couple small little chips/scratches in that 1.5 years though. I just sprayed the engine down with cleaner and pressured water every few months and it would look new. Only reason I redid it before that pic was I wanted to do the letters in white (used to be silver) and figured I might as well touch up the whole thing.
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Before listening to anyone on here see how much background and experience they have. I have seen a lot of hacks giving very bad/wrong info.
I DO want to hide my FAST and sand it down. How about using a textured paint?? I'm adding the ported 90 with the LS2 TB so it looks factory on my C5 Z06. Any recommendations? I'm sure this will help the OP too. Thanks.
I am going to do this when I get my 102. I was going to use adhesion promoter and probably SEM's black. I like the finish it has. Then I was going to paint the FAST 102 on the front of the intake.
Back in 2005 when I painted mine, I did use a hi-temp primer. But you could use an adhesion promoter. Just make sure to do a good job of removing grease and stuff. I clean mine all by hand...no power washing. So the paint still looks great.
