Magnet

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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..

HAte

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

Whistler

iTrader: (46)

Do you want to remove the FAST logo from it while painting it black?

Magnet

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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...

thunderstruck507

iTrader: (18)

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.

Magnet

iTrader: (36)

How long has that lasted so far?

Mine is brand new so its not dirty, but I could still degrease it, then adhesion promoter, then satin krylon fusion or something..

Whistler

iTrader: (46)

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.

thunderstruck507

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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.

boostedbuford

That looks exactly like mine haha,

Tbird232ci

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I've had issues with using Brake Kleen for paint prep.

Magnet

iTrader: (36)

Care to explain?

Whistler

iTrader: (46)

You still need to wipe the part down with wax/grease remover before spraying just like anything else.

freefallen.1

Do not use brake kleen as a prep for paint. It is solvent based. If you do not get it completely neutralized your paint will bubble and or flake off. You need to use a quality wax/grease remover. 3m make ones, ppg, prepall, Duplicolor and so on. There is absolutley no need for brake kleen. Not to mention that it will eat your paint if you get over spray on your car.

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.

firefighter813x

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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.

LilJayV10

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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.

thecobrahunter

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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.