powdercoating or similar fmic pipes
 

So I'm not liking the stock aluminum finish on my newly fitted turboxs fmic, also while the KSTech brushed finish is nicer I'll probably change that too. So there are only two options I know of locally to get the pipework painted. First is powder coating. Second is just some vht wrinkle paint. Is there any downsides to coating the pipes? VHT paint I can do myself. Powder coating would involve me dropping them off to the powder coating shop. Will either have a negative affect on the cooling ability of the pipework? Oh and color will most likely be black!

got mine in black! looks great.:cool:

btw... i take it u made out ok?

Show me pics! Got it all together and leak free. Just need a tune and some other bits for the engine bay

In for pics, mine are getting powder coated right now should be done in a few days.

dont have any right now, i'll take some tomorrow and post them here.:rolleyes:

IMO, the winkle paint will hold dirt.

Could you ceramic coat them to keep out heat on the intake side.

I had mine powder coated matte black. The core is also matte black but is coated in some thermal dispersant stuff.

PCoat all the way.

That's PIMP right there!

Holy candy red batman!

Where's you coolant overflow bottle mounted. i need to get a better location/bracket for mine!

heres mine, sorry, little dirty

Overflow routed UNDER the radiator to the bottom left.
http://legacygt.com/forums/attachmen...0&d=1339887135

I was not really trying to threadjack but I guess I am the resident king of powdercoating here. Its one of the things that makes my car different than most.

http://legacygt.com/forums/attachmen...1&d=1339887135

http://legacygt.com/forums/attachmen...2&d=1339887166

There is a lot more in the thread

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthrea...152682p10.html

Pcoating is VERY resilient to anything but a very sharp and hard edge

WOW! mines reeeeeeeeeeeallly boring!lol

FWIW here's my racer-x.

Excuse the HDR, I was bored when I took that pic.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8...94c17504_c.jpg