AceBoogie

So I received my fast 102 the other day and wanted to give her a make over so she looks all bad *** under the hood.

I hit up Ray and we went and got all the stuff needed to paint the intake manifold. We ended up getting the same paint as my car.

Here are a few pics of the intake right now. Pictures consist of bare, primered, painted. The top of the intake looks silverish but that's because of the fluorescent lights.

We will be shooting some clear tonight and then installing the intake in the next day or two.


Big shout out to ray for helping me out with this project. Learning so many things about painting already.

















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Here are some more pics guys.









The man himself getting down.










Yesterday Ray and I installed the Fast 102 intake manifold and really cleaned up the car.

Here are some pictures.









Can't wait to see how the car will look with a few other things painted as well...

Once again, thank you very much Ray. You did an outstanding job.:thumbs:

ramairetransam

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looks good .

AceBoogie

thanks man.

Rise of the Phoenix

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Looks really good. It looks to have a glass like appearance. How much sanding did you have to do to get it glass smooth like that?

Dwn Cam

Kinda curious how it holds up to heat on a hot summer day in stop and go traffic?

Rise of the Phoenix

iTrader: (27)

Tons of others have done this (FAST and LS6 intakes) and I've not seen, or heard of anyone, saying heat did anything to the paint/clearcoat. You can run your call all day long on the hottest day of the year and you can touch the intake without having to remove your hand because of heat, so heat is not going to cause issues to the paint/clearcoat, as long as it was prepped correctly.

AceBoogie

Didn't really sand the intake down.

Cleaned her up
sprayed some bulldog adhesive promotor
sprayed some duplicolor primer
Painted the intake with a few coats of PPG paint
Let it dry and cure over night..
Sprayed a few coats of clear coat on it the following day
Let it dry and cure for 3 days
Wet sanded the intake
polished it out and then installed the intake


No problems with heat
Yup. I think letting the paint and clear coat dry and cure plays a big role in the final product as well.

Rise of the Phoenix

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Well it turned out amazing. It's all in the prep work.

AceBoogie

thanks man.

LS1rob00

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Looks good Ace.

AceBoogie

Thanks rob.

ls1 1990 VN

That intake looks sooo good! How do you go about painting the wording etc

AceBoogie

I used decocolor paint markers

I used silver and red paint markers to paint the letters on the intake manifold.

Then sprayed clear coat on it after.

AceBoogie

AceBoogie

^^^ Out soaking in the sun

ls1 1990 VN

That intake color would suit my car soooo good haha!

AceBoogie

LS1HIGHLIFE

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Beautiful man!

Firebirdmuscle

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That thing pops. I like it. But I'm bias

AceBoogie

yours looks very cool man.